Bronx Parent Housing Network, Inc was born out of the sheer necessity for addressing the very personal street homelessness of its founders. It is this very personal commitment at the very top of the organizational structure that drives for the homeless population to be treated with utmost respect. It is because the BPHN roots emerged from the depths of homelessness. The direct response to one of the most challenging and dehumanizing experiences, that the standards are set for what is possible. The possibility that permanent housing is attainable no matter how daunting one’s current housing status is. This is the kind of philosophy that has driven the core operations from its inception as a call to assistance in 2001 for inner-city single parents faced with homelessness and struggling to make ends meet. Individuals and families served by BPHN are facing chronic poverty and drug addiction which undermines housing security, forcing many to become unstable and homeless.