Housing Matters

Housing Matters Housing Matters partners with individuals and families to create pathways out of homelessness.

CAMPUS RESOURCES
Showers: 7am-3pm daily
Mailroom: 10am - 2pm, Mon - Fri
Healthcare Clinic: 8am - 5pm, Mon, Wed; 1pm - 5pm Tues, Thurs; 8am - 3pm Fri
Dental Clinic: Call (831) 464-5409 for schedule

ASSESSMENTS
Families: 1pm-3pm, Mon
Individuals: 9am - 12pm Mon & Fri; call (831) 325-2904 for appointments

06/03/2026

Mace Crowbear’s story speaks to the urgency of safe, stable housing.

As a member of Housing Matters’ Lived Experience Advisory Group, she shares what she endured while trying to protect her child:

“During my pregnancy, I was homeless the entire time. It was a good day if we could get like a thick piece of cardboard in the bottom of the van… I used to keep my son in a snow outfit… I would wrap my stomach in a blanket… just because I was scared that the baby would get too cold.”

No one should have to face pregnancy without a safe place to call home.
With a strong system of care, families can find stability, safety, and the support they need to move forward.

Join us and hear Mace share firsthand at Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, TOMORROW, June 4 from 6–8 PM at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

Purchase your ticket today. Link in bio.

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by...
06/02/2026

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters.

📍Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $10/General admission (Link in Bio)

Lori is an advocate, and longtime community worker whose life has spanned recovery, homelessness, global anti-exploitation work, and housing advocacy. With more than 30 years in recovery, she has supported women escaping exploitation, worked in homeless services for decades, and shared her lived experience internationally to inspire healing and change. Now based in Santa Cruz, Lori brings honesty, resilience, and deep compassion to her work with the Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG).

06/01/2026

Lori Silverbroom is a Housing Matters’ Lived Experience Advisory Group member. She brings insight, compassion, and leadership shaped by her own journey. After experiencing homelessness for much of her life, she is now housed and giving back to her community in powerful ways.

“I was homeless for seven and a half years… I finally got housed… I’m a certified domestic violence counselor and a certified community health worker… I love being able to volunteer. I love working with my community.”

Join us and hear Lori share her story firsthand at Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, Thursday, June 4 from 6–8 PM at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.

Purchase your ticket today. Link in bio.

Video by Michael Daniel Media

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by...
05/31/2026

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters.

📍Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $10/General admission (Link in Bio)

Curtis began this work in 2005 - delivering food, clothes and building materials to the survivors of hurricane Katrina. Since then he has brought supplies to victims of a string of disasters in Texas and the Camp Fire in Paradise, California. He has gone to the Hopi, Navajo, Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations and even Mexico, bringing donations of housewares, linens and clothing. Since he was born and raised on Elm Grove plantation in the same type of poverty, he can relate to the people. Listening to the stories at sacred circles has transformed his life and made him more dedicated to doing service work.

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by H...
05/30/2026

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters.

📍Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $10/General admission (Link in Bio)

Mace is a mother and advocate whose life has been shaped by community work, cultural resilience, and fierce devotion to her children. From surviving the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake as a child in the mountains of Boulder Creek to being in foster care, she has fought to create safety and stability for her family across generations. Through her storytelling and community advocacy in Santa Cruz, Mace brings powerful honesty, Indigenous strength, and deep compassion to conversations about housing, trauma, and healing.

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by...
05/28/2026

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community is a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters.

📍Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $10/General admission (Link in Bio)

Panel conversation with Community Action Board representatives and local partners focused on how to build belonging that is inclusive of our neighbors who are undocumented.

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by H...
05/27/2026

Join us for Picture This: Belonging Builds Community, a quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters.

📍Location: Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, June 4th | 6:00–8:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $10/General admission (Link in Bio)

From Stories to Action: Building Belonging in Santa Cruz County

• Quarterly storytelling and community-building series hosted by Housing Matters
• Featured storyteller sharing lived experience of homelessness, belonging, connection, and inclusion
• Panel conversation with Community Action Board representatives and local partners focused on how to build belonging that is inclusive of our neighbors who are undocumented
• Guided small-group reflection on how we create a stronger community that welcomes and protects all members, regardless of immigration status
• Action-oriented close, inviting each participant to identify one meaningful step toward a more connected Santa Cruz County

Paul Mooney, founder of the Longstock Festival, joined us for the "sneak peek" at Harvey West Studios. Pictured here wit...
05/26/2026

Paul Mooney, founder of the Longstock Festival, joined us for the "sneak peek" at Harvey West Studios. Pictured here with Mer Stafford, Chief Impact Officer at Housing Matters. (tag me on IG and Paul on FB) For 15 years, this free, family-friendly music festival in the Santa Cruz Mountains has brought people together in support of Housing Matters and our community.

Join us for Longstock on Saturday, June 20, 2026 | Noon–9 PM 🎶

More event details visit: https://give.housingmatterssc.org/campaign/777800/donate

You’re invited to join us for a special evening of connection and conversation at Neighbors for Neighbors: Belonging Bui...
05/17/2026

You’re invited to join us for a special evening of connection and conversation at Neighbors for Neighbors: Belonging Builds Community, in partnership with Santa Cruz Public Libraries.

🗓 May 19th
🕕 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 Capitola Branch Library

Neighbors for Neighbors is a welcoming space where community members, both housed and unhoused, come together to connect, share experiences, and learn from one another. We’re hearing again and again that people leave these gatherings feeling seen. It is rare to find a room where you can speak from the heart and be truly heard. This is that kind of space.

The discussion is an active, participatory experience focused on building community and fostering real connection. You will be joined in a circle with fellow community members, experts on the topic, and people with lived experience of homelessness.

Our conversations will explore what it truly means to belong and how belonging cultivates a stronger, more connected community. Together, we will reflect on our own experiences of belonging and the impact of not having that experience, while building relationships with others who share a passion for equitable and just treatment of all people.

Neighbors for Neighbors is hosted at two local library branches, Capitola and Branciforte, bringing these conversations closer to home. Join us!

Join us for an exclusive first look at Harvey West Studios, Santa Cruz County’s largest permanent supportive housing com...
05/04/2026

Join us for an exclusive first look at Harvey West Studios, Santa Cruz County’s largest permanent supportive housing community.

This casual, self-guided sneak peek open house offers a behind-the-scenes look at the building before completion. Explore select studio apartments, the community space, the courtyard and rooftop deck while meeting some of the people behind the building development and enjoying some light snacks along the way!

Date: Thursday, May 7th
Time: 4:30-6:00 PM
Location: 115B Coral Street, Santa Cruz CA 95060
Check-in: At the gate to the left of the Safety/Welcome Kiosk
Free Parking: at Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center
Format: Self-guided tour with access to select spaces throughout the building

Free to attend
Open to the public
Register to attend: https://pro.gofundme.com/event/harvey-west-studios-sneak-peek-open-house/e784875

Address

115 Coral Street
Santa Cruz, CA
95060

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