Pathways To Housing Pa

No child should sleep on the floor. No family should be without a dinner table. Everyone should have a place to store clean clothes and treasured belongings. These are the simple, human goals of the philadelphia furniture bank - turning empty houses into welcoming homes by providing no-cost furnishings to individuals and families in need. In fiscal year 2023, 49 member agencies used the philadelphia furniture bank. We provided furniture for more than 3,500 people in 1,395 low income households in philadelphia. Of those, more than 1,200 are children, nearly 900 are women, and 262 are veterans.

In 2022, we launched our first social enterprise, good haul. This junk hauling service works in tandem with the philadelphia furniture bank, ensuring that useable furniture items are delivered to pfb. Other useable household items are sent to our partner nonprofits like circle thrift and habitat for humanity's restore, technology and other recyclable items are recycled, metal is scrapped, and the amount of items that end up in a landfill are minimized to the best of our ability. Revenue from good haul is reinvested in the philadelphia furniture bank. Good haul is still in the early stages, but is on target to meet its goals for the coming year.