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Supportive Housing

A large segment of our workforce is employed at or slightly above the minimum wage. Unfortunately, this makes it very difficult for a family to afford a decent home in Lancaster. At Tabor we believe all hard-working, sincere families are entitled to the opportunity of a decent affordable home. Consequently, Tabor has developed and offers these opportunities to families with specific needs and who have personal goals to achieve their dream.

Jubilee House at King

Jubilee House provides subsidized transitional housing with supportive services to homeless mothers with children who are in recovery. Jubilee House provides five furnished apartment units where the families can live up to two years.

During the two-year stay, the Jubilee House participants are empowered with the skills and disciplines necessary to become self-sufficient. The residents are incorporated into other Tabor programs that can help them on their journey to self-sufficiency. On site programs provided by Tabor for the residents include:

Consumer Credit Counseling Services (CCCS)
Family Savings Account (IDA) program
Financial literacy classes
Budget education
Pre-purchase counseling
Landlord/tenant information
Life skills classes
Children's programs
Participant council

Each mother meets weekly with her Tabor counselor to develop goals of self sufficiency and action steps to guide the journey to self-sufficiency. Services accessed include community services as well as Tabor's internal programs.

Jubilee House at Tabor Place consists of 26 units constructed behind the offices of Tabor Community Services. These units provide affordable housing to low-income elderly and disabled individuals. Eighteen of the units charge only 30% of the residents' income. The other units are offered less than market value.

Scattered Site properties are donated to Tabor and rented to families in Tabor's Shelter to Independent Living (STIL) program. They are managed by an external property manager and are rented at below market rates to families who are cooperating with the STIL program. Should the properties be sold, the proceeds are used to fund the STIL program and the Light House Project.

Light House Project is an opportunity for a community partnership, enabling a low-income family to purchase their first home. Churches or other community groups, along with "sweat equity" on the part of the home purchaser, rehabilitate a donated property. The proceeds of the sale support counseling programs for other first-time home buyers.

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