Dear Friend, 
2025 marks the 40th anniversary of A-HOME’s incorporation, it has been 40 years of ups and downs, but there have been two constants that have never wavered.

First, our commitment and dedication to our residents, providing safe affordable housing with support services to each tenant, no matter what obstacles are thrown our way. Secondly, your support helps us get through the highs and the lows each year. We cannot do what we do, without you!

So far this year, we have been able to welcome seven new tenants home after five long years of battling the rebuilding of Lammers House.

I have always loved this 1840 farmhouse style home and couldn’t imagine it being the same after the devastating fire, but I can proudly say it is even better! To hear tenants tell me they never imagined living in such a beautiful, well-laid out, dignified home was so rewarding. Although once perfect, it is now even better!

Two properties, one in Croton Falls and another in Katonah had some exterior repairr and upgrades done thanks to Westchester County’s LTAP program.

Two new roofs, windows, kitchens, floors and new a generator are underway at three other properties hopefully with some financial help from NYS’s DASNY program.

On September18th, we hosted a 40th anniversary fundraiser where A-HOME resident, Vince, spoke and shared his story with us. We don’t have tenants speak often so this was a very moving and special opportunity. I want to share some of Vince’s presentation in his own words.

“I am a former high net worth individual tax consultant with years of experience in the public accounting industry. I suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Personality Traits and Depression. Due to my mental illness, I couldn’t hold a position in the public accounting field for any more than three years. Essentially my collectable billing hours were always on the low end.

After a while I became very depressed. I was unable to find employment and had to move in with my Dad, while he battled cancer. Financially I was living comfortably with my Dad, however when he passed away. that’s where things changed. Unfortunately, my Social Security Disability income was insufficient to pay the rent. I was unable to afford even a small studio apartment in a dangerous area. I depleted my savings and wound up living in a homeless shelter for approximately two months. The shelter is across from the Westchester County jail. Consequently, a significant percentage of the shelter’s residents were former inmates."

Vince changed rooms at the shelter a few times, feeling unsafe, after his second change of rooms he felt so unsafe he decided to live in his car. One of the shelter specialists put Vince in touch with A-HOME and he began the application process and moved into one of A-HOME’s shared living houses.

"It would be an understatement to say my A-HOME residence is better than living in a homeless shelter! There are things I saw (and had to deal with) in the shelter that I quite simply do not have time to include in tonight’s presentation.

My A-HOME residence is heaven compared to the homeless shelter. I live in an A-HOME house with seven other adults. We prepare meals together and eat together. It’s much more relaxed than a homeless shelter. We talk to each other, laugh, and appreciate each other. We’re like a family. At A-HOME, we each have our own comfortable rooms that are climate-controlled year-round. I’ve made friends with a bunch of the A-HOME residents. In contrast, some of the shelter residents I hope to never see again!

In the South Salem house…we share three bathrooms. At the shelter, there were sixteen showers for 140 people! The shelter cafeteria food is unhealthy…numerous entrees are fried… they didn’t offer enough fruits and salads. There were too many high-sugar desserts."

"What’s so terrific about A-HOME is you have support from your case manager. You are not dropped into an A-HOME property and left to struggle. The case managers are available to answer and assist with numerous matters including dealing with the Department of Social Services. The shelter had two case managers for 140 people. The A-HOME maintenance team does a respectable job handling repairs and maintenance. The house I live in was built in 1871 so A-HOME maintenance makes frequent visits to the property.

“To summarize…I REALLY mean this….it’s a blessing to be an A-HOME resident.”

There was not one person who left the event that evening not feeling moved and having a better understanding of the difference housing makes, not only in Vince’s life but the many other individuals and families living in A-HOME houses.

The last few years have proven that no matter what is thrown at us, our commitment to our residents remains our top priority. There is no fire, pandemic, financial burden, or problem that we cannot work together and solve. Our staff is small but mighty, our residents sometimes come broken but heal, and our amazing communities care enough to make a difference.



As you reflect on your blessings this holiday season, remember that your support of A-HOME brings hope and blessings to others.

Please consider making a financial contribution to help us help others, although mighty we cannot do it alone.

Thank you!