Homeless veterans
A veterans-only home near the VA, help securing the benefits veterans have earned, and the camaraderie of a household that understands service.
Transitional housing · Dallas, Texas
Everyone deserves a safe place to rebuild.
SOLACE turns empty houses into homes for homeless veterans and other people in need of transitional housing. A home, not just a roof — with the support and community to move forward.
We are preparing our first six-bed home in Dallas, with residents welcomed home targeted for spring 2027.
Why SOLACE exists
The help exists. The homes don’t.
Housing assistance from the VA, HUD, the Department of Justice and state programs goes unclaimed or underused every year. Most eligible people never learn what they qualify for, or give up partway through the application. And almost none of the available rooms meet the rules needed to receive that funding — so the help never becomes a bed.
A veteran entitled to federal housing support sleeps in his car — a few miles from the agency that would pay for a room, if a qualifying bed existed.
A mother leaving a violent home is told the confidential shelter is full, and the waitlist starts over in every new city.
A man three weeks out of prison, with a job offer in hand, is turned away from apartment after apartment.
Illustrative examples of what this looks like in Dallas — not individual stories of SOLACE residents.
None of them need charity forever. They need one door to open.
Who we serve
People rebuilding — each home dedicated to one group
Every SOLACE home serves a single population, because each group’s needs — and the programs that support them — are different.
Survivors of domestic violence
Confidential-location homes with safety protocols and connections to legal aid, for people fleeing with children and little else.
Returning citizens
A stable address that meets parole requirements, plus job-search support, for people re-entering the community.
Families & people in crisis
Transitional rooms for people one missed paycheck from the street, and housing near hospitals for families supporting a loved one in treatment.
Recent graduates
Affordable, structured housing for graduates without a job market to step into, while they launch.
People at the end of life
A future program offering a household setting for hospice care — familiar faces, not fluorescent lights.
How it works
A home, not a shelter
Ordinary houses in real neighborhoods — six beds, two to a room — renovated to safety codes and furnished by our community.
Match
We find every program each person qualifies for and help with the paperwork, so no one goes without help they’re entitled to.
House
They move into a renovated six-bed home set up for that program, in a real house on a real street.
Belong
A psychologist-guided community where residents vote on who joins and a resident House Manager leads house meetings.
Safe
Zero tolerance for drugs, violence, or theft. Smoke detectors, egress maps, and annual inspections — every home meets code before anyone moves in.
Supported
Case management, job-search help, transportation planning, and a 24/7 assistant residents can reach any time.
Self-determined
Residents vote on who joins, set quiet hours and chore standards, and hold each other accountable — dignity by design.
Impact goals
What success looks like
These are the goals we are working toward — not results yet. Once our homes open, we will track these outcomes and publish them every year.
55%→70%of residents moving on to permanent housing (goal for year one → year three)
50%→65%of residents employed or in school when they leave (year one → year three)
~6 motarget average stay — long enough to stabilize, short enough to open the door for the next person
16 homesand 96 beds across our network by 2029, growing from our first home in Dallas
Goals come from SOLACE’s 2026 plan. Year one is 2027; year three is 2029. See our roadmap.
Get involved
Whatever you have is enough
Our community campaign will buy, renovate, furnish, and launch the first six-bed home in Dallas. Once a home is open, government housing programs help cover its ongoing costs — so your gift opens the door, and the home keeps helping people for years.
Donate
Give once or monthly, or sponsor a bed for $100 a month.
Ways to give →Give things
Beds, dressers, lamps, linens, kitchenware, and pantry staples furnish rooms at almost no cost.
What we need →Volunteer
Service days, mentorship, and job-readiness workshops — the human support that turns housing into belonging.
Volunteer →Partner
Congregations, businesses, agencies, and local charities each have a way to help.
Partner with us →— Michael Palhidai, Founder of SOLACE“Everyone deserves a safe place to rebuild.”
Need a place to stay?
If you are a veteran or someone in need of transitional housing in the Dallas area, we would like to hear from you. Tell us about your situation and we will reach out as homes open.
