Creating Pathways to Housing, Stability, and Community Strength
Together, we’ll build Columbia’s first Hope House.
Safe homes and new beginnings for mothers, children, and veterans escaping violence and homelessness.
Hope Houses are thoughtfully designed, cottage-style homes that provide safe, stable housing for mothers, veterans, and children facing housing instability in the Columbia, SC community. One safe address changes everything: kids stay in the same school and actually graduate, moms rebuild without chaos, and healing finally begins.
Each Hope House offers dignity, security, and a place to heal. Residents also participate in Rally Point Housing Foundation programs that support stability, personal growth, and long-term independence—helping individuals and families not only find housing, but build a path forward.
WHAT IS A HOPE HOUSE?
It’s more than housing. It’s a fresh start.
We believe a single crisis shouldn’t cost a family everything.
Single mothers fleeing domestic violence and veterans are turned away from overcrowded shelters. Their children face changing schools, falling behind, and carrying trauma that lasts a lifetime.
That’s why Columbia, SC, residents Valerie Thompson and Christina Metts created Rally Point Housing Foundation.
Rally Point Housing Foundation builds Hope Houses that give moms, kids, and veterans the one thing they need most: a safe, stable address. Because when home is no longer a question mark, healing, learning, working, and thriving finally become possible. It’s about making sure no child grows up thinking instability is normal, and no veteran who served our country is forgotten.
ABOUT RALLY POINT HOUSING FOUNDATION
Rally Point Housing Foundation’s 2030 Vision
100
Mothers and children safely housed for 1-2 years in our Hope Houses.
150+
Children kept in the same school all year, leading to increased stability and a higher chance of graduation.
85%
of residents helped to never return to homelessness with proven trauma-informed programs.
MAKE A DONATION
Join us in building stronger, more stable futures for families.
Your gift today doesn’t just pay rent; it stops the cycle of homelessness for an entire family. Every dollar is tracked, every result is reported, and every life you touch will never forget that you helped them come home.
$25
Provides essential building supplies like nails, screws, caulking, or electrical fittings—small items that keep construction moving forward.
$100
Covers a critical component such as insulation for a wall section, exterior paint for part of the home, or plumbing materials for a bathroom fixture.
$500
Funds a major building element like a front door, a window set, interior flooring for a room, or electrical wiring for a full living space.
$1,000
Helps build a core part of the home—framing materials for a cottage section, HVAC installation support, kitchen cabinetry, or a complete bathroom fixture set.