Housing Program · Katy, Texas
a safe home for survivors of human trafficking.
HOUSE gives survivors and their families a home to heal in, and the care it takes to stay free. We are launching now in Katy and the Greater Houston area.
Why Housing Comes First
Leaving is only the beginning.
Getting out of a trafficking situation is only the first step. Without a safe place to live, survivors are too often pulled back toward the people and places that hurt them.
That is why we begin with housing, and why we never stop there.
A home is not the finish line.
It is the ground where healing can take root.
The Program
Two paths home.
Through HOUSE, ReNew Wellness Center offers more than a bed. We offer a home, a community, and a plan.
01 · Transitional home
A five-bedroom home where survivors will live in a trauma-informed community while they heal, steady their lives, and plan their next step.
02 · Rental assistance
For survivors ready to live on their own: short-term help with deposits and rent, paired with support, so a new lease becomes a lasting home.
Who we serve
Survivors of human trafficking, and their families, in Katy and the Greater Houston area.
Wrapped in Care
More than a bed.
Every resident is surrounded with care from the first night forward.
✓ Peer support from people who understand
✓ Trauma-informed case management
✓ Wellness and behavioral health care
✓ Life skills and financial literacy
✓ Education, job training, and employment
✓ Faith and community connection, always by choice
Our Promise
Housing
A safe, stable place to live, from the first night forward.
Opportunity
Education, job training, and a real path to income.
Uplift
Dignity, identity, and belonging restored.
Support
Peer support and case management at every step.
Empower
Survivors leading their own lives, and lifting others.
How We Will Measure Progress
what success will look like.
Our goal
16+ survivors and families
Housed and supported each year.
Launching now in Katy and the Greater Houston area.
What we track
Four outcomes
Housing stability
Safety
Income and employment
Connection to care
Who Leads HOUSE
Dr. Marlene Carson
Executive Director, ReNew Wellness Center
Lived experience and subject matter expertise.
“You cannot heal where you are not safe.”
“Every survivor I have walked alongside has taught me the same truth.
Freedom from trafficking is a beginning, not an ending.”
Dr. Marlene Carson, Executive Director, ReNew Wellness Center
help us open the door.
HOUSE is launching now, and it needs partners to help open the first doors.
Give. Rent, deposits, furnishings, and daily needs.
Landlords. A unit for a survivor ready for a lease of their own.
Employers. A first job and a real path to income.
Clinicians and congregations. Care and community, always by choice.
Every gift, at any amount, helps open the door.
A safe home. People who stay. A life that holds.
Need help now? In an emergency, call 911. National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733.
HOUSE is a program of The ReNew Wellness Center, a subsidiary of Bride Ministries.
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