Fighting Homelessness: Simple Modern Partners with HopeHouse OKC

A longtime partner with Simple Modern, HopeHouse OKC is meeting families where they are.

 

HopeHouse OKC has come alongside more than 150 families and more than 250 children to help them restore their lives since 2011.

“Our mission is to serve mothers and their children who are either currently homeless or are facing homelessness, and we really provide families with this opportunity to rest and heal and rebuild their lives,” said Brandy Romine, HopeHouse OKC executive director.

The women start to work to build life skills, and then shift focus to education and employment as they gain financial independence.

“We help to build their self-worth, healthy relationships, parenting, budgeting and so many other things,” Romine said. “These are things all of us need to know.”

It’s all a part of HopeHouse’s priority to create success for the women they serve.

“I use the analogy, we lock arms with you,” Romine said. “I think one of the most important things we do is we get to be family with people as they are rebuilding their lives.’

Simple Modern has supported HopeHouse OKC for several years, creating a longstanding and rich relationship.

“Simple Modern has played a monumental role as we have grown,” Romine said. “And their support has grown with us as we have grown. It has been a phenomenal partnership. We truly are so grateful.”

That growth includes expanding to a 144-acre, gated campus with established cottages and houses to house more families a little more than a year ago. But, their mission is still the same.

“Everything we’re trying to do is remind these women, their voice matters,” Romine said. “You have high worth. You are precious and you are highly valued.”