Our actions · Housing
Keeping a roof, finding a home.
Facing eviction or seizure, we help families keep a roof over their heads, or find a new one.
Unpaid rent after a bereavement or an illness, a seizure, an eviction notice: within weeks, a family can find itself without a home. We act before it is too late.
When the home is lost, we help the family start again: finding a new place, paying the move-in costs, moving, and rebuilding a home where the children can grow up in peace.
How we help
- Help with rent to prevent eviction
- Settling urgent debts before a seizure
- The security deposit and move-in costs for a new home
- Moving costs and the household’s first needs
A roof is the first step to getting back on your feet.
- Accounts audited every yearFor transparent management of every euro.
- Tax receipt issued immediatelyBy email, for French taxpayers, and always available in your donor area.
- 66% tax reduction in FranceFrench taxpayers deduct 66% of their gift from their income tax, up to 20% of taxable income.
My gift for a home
Help a family keep their home.
Testimonies
A letter we received
Some of the families we have helped write to us. Here is one of them.
Threat of eviction
“Dear Keren Esther, here is our situation: we were evicted from our home a few months ago and are temporarily staying in a shelter. It is a bit small but, thank God, we are managing. We hope to find permanent housing soon.
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We rent a Chabad House and, thank God, despite all the trials and difficulties, we have not stopped any of our activities. We have six children (the oldest is seven). The Shluchim Office online school recently granted a scholarship to our two eldest; my wife is educating the others at home.
We live in a small town with about 1,000 Jews, 90% of whom have intermarried. There is no other Orthodox presence, no community center and no federation: just our Chabad House. The nearest Shliach and Mikvah are six hours away.
Initially, we were mostly funded by donations from other cities (New York, Miami, Los Angeles…). With the financial crisis, most of those donors stopped. We now raise more locally, but it is still a struggle every month to pay the bills.
Your help, along with that of a few other donors, has literally saved us during a very difficult time. We still have debts, but at least we can see a light at the end of the tunnel. We wish you much success, with all our thanks!”
— Rabbi Mendel, of the Chabad Community Center