Miami Valley Housing Opportunities (MVHO) serves as the premier provider of appropriate, safe and affordable housing for persons with mental illness, chemical dependency and other disabilities in Montgomery County. MVHO was created as a nonprofit organization in 1991 to focus exclusively on creating permanent, supportive housing solutions for homeless, disabled people in Montgomery County. We work collaboratively with other social service providers in our community to link tenants with the services they need to live independently. MVHO has an annual budget of approximately $5 million from diverse local, state and federal sources and an experienced staff to address on-going and emergency housing needs.

MVHO owns and operates 330 rent-subsidized service-supported apartments for homeless persons with disabilities. MVHO is presently working on four additional projects to create 121 new units in 2010-11.

MVHO operates over $2,500,000 million per year in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Shelter Plus Care (S+C) Rent Subsidies for over 400 formerly homeless persons with disabilities. MVHO operates the local PATH Program, which provides outreach and immediate access to basic needs and referrals for street homeless persons with mental illness. MVHO was also one of five agencies chosen in the nation as demonstration sites for innovative planning to provide employment services to persons in permanent, supportive housing.