OpenHomes | OpenDoors

Every family deserves a safe place to live

OpenHomes has always been a progressive company, with a passion for serving our customers and improving our community. OpenHomes | OpenDoors, formalizes our longstanding commitment to ending homelessness and providing shelter for every person.

 

OpenHomes | OpenDoors has three major components:

Three For All

OpenHomes will donate 3% of our net profits to non-profit organizations working to end homelessness and provide shelter to all people. OpenHomes employees and agents also donate generously to local nonprofit organizations and service providers.

Donation Drive

OpenHomes runs an annual collection of food and household necessities to organizations helping families with housing or economic insecurity.

Advocacy

OpenHomes will advocate for policies and programs that support the availability of safe, affordable, inclusive housing, and that work to prevent and end homelessness.

Three for All

Our commitment is ongoing. Every year, OpenHomes and its agents volunteer dozens of hours of time and donate over $10,000 to non-profits working on housing security/safety, preventing homelessness, and improving the lives of people in our community. Some of the organizations we have supported over the years are listed below:

  • YWCA of Madison
  • Porchlight
  • The Road Home
  • Way Forward
  • Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin
  • Tenant Resource Center
  • Boys & Girls Club of Dane County
  • Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS)
  • The Respite Center/RISE
  • Access Community Health
  • Briarpatch Youth Services
  • Urban League of Greater Madison
  • Wisconsin Alliance for Women’s Health
  • The Rainbow Project
  • Dane County Rape Crisis Center
  • Wisconsin Abortion Fund
  • Planned Parenthood
  • Foundation for Madison Public Schools
  • Operation Fresh Start
  • Center for Patient Partnerships
  • RAICES
  • Groundswell Conservancy
  • Gathering Waters
  • Clean Lakes Alliance

Donation Drive

We are also encouraging a donation drive for the following charity organizations: Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) and the Goodman Community Center’s Fritz Food Pantry. Non-perishable foods, household items, and financial contributions are welcome and encouraged. Non-perishable foods, household items, and financial contributions are welcome and encouraged.
  • DAIS assists victims of domestic violence and their families, including Dane County’s only emergency domestic violence shelter. Annually, DAIS provides over 13,000 nights of shelter to survivors of domestic violence.
  • Goodman Community Center strengthens lives and secures futures by providing individuals with the resources they need to succeed. The center is committed to securing a safe and welcoming place for the entire Madison community. The Fritz Food Pantry provides groceries for 75 to 100 hungry households every week.

Advocacy

OpenHomes will use our voice as one of the top real estate companies in the state to advocate for policies and programs that help people in need, are inclusive and supportive of all people, and that work to prevent and end homelessness. We oppose policies that seek to criminalize homelessness and poverty, that are divisive or discriminatory, or that jeopardize housing security for people in our community.

A strong housing market is great for homeowners, but we believe real estate professionals must also pay attention to the things that make strong communities. It’s not just about the value of homes, but about critical public infrastructure, like schools, transit, parks, utilities, clean air and water, and a strong social safety net that protects our most vulnerable neighbors. It’s about public policies that are inclusive, progressive, and support racially and economically integrated communities. It’s about standing up against hatred, discrimination, and bigotry when we encounter it in our personal and professional lives. Just as sharing a house with people you love makes it a home, so does sharing a city with people who are care for each other make it a community.

In accordance with our values, OpenHomes will only support organizations which help people without regard to race, color, religion, gender expression/identity, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, or disability. Every person deserves a safe place to live.

Thank you for your support of OpenHome | OpenDoors.

—Kelda, Cecely, and the OpenHomes Team

OpenHomes’ mission is to provide our clients with the very best real estate service, using technology and unparalleled professional support to help people buy and sell homes. We chose December 21, 2016, to launch OpenHomes | OpenDoors, because it is National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. We remember, honor, and bring awareness to our neighbors who have died while homeless each year.