Our History
Recognizing that low-income residents living in affordable housing under the Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) were experiencing a variety of unmet social service needs, leaders from HOC and the general community teamed together in 1999 to form the Housing Opportunities Community Partners (HOCP).
From its inception HOCP has secured funding for a variety of much needed programs helping HOC residents.
Since 2015, approximately 1,000 youth attended exciting summer day camps and after-school programs in robotics, engineering, chess, cultural arts, and other engaging STEM activities.
Also, HOCP and HOC coordinate the annual Back-To-School Supply Drive, which provides essential school supplies for nearly 1,000 low-income youth served by HOC affordable housing programs each year.
For more than 10 years, HOCP has helped approximately 400 low-income families meet their move-in costs as they transitioned out of homelessness and into stable permanent housing.
Furthermore, HOCP has empowered 40 low-income families to increase their assets by matching their savings in individual development accounts.
For the last 10 years, a variety of financial literacy programs have been funded for HOC families and senior adults, helping them to take control of their financial health.
And HOCP has helped 200 low-income working families purchase refurbished vehicles propelling them to greater self-sufficiency.