Our mission and vision

Housing Ends Homelessness.

What Guides Our Work

Abode has been committed for almost 40 years to one goal: solving homelessness. As the largest family of agencies providing housing and homeless services in the San Francisco Bay Area, we address our region's housing inequities through every possible lens: from services that meet people where they are on the street to managing and building the places they'll call home.

Our Mission

Abode works to end homelessness by assisting low-income, unhoused people, including those with special needs, to secure stable, supportive housing; and to be advocates for the removal of the causes of homelessness.

Our Vision

We envision a society where everyone has a safe, stable place to call home – the foundation for a better future.

Our Values

Dignity

Dignity

We acknowledge and secure the dignity of those with whom we work, including participants, partners, and colleagues.

Smart Risks

Smart Risks

While we use evidence-based methods, we also dream big – continuing to be innovative, bold, and adaptive to achieve our aims.

Transparency

Transparency

We authentically share our successes and lessons openly so that others benefit, just as we share our intentions clearly with others.

Solve for Today & Tomorrow

Solve for Today & Tomorrow

Our work requires providing immediate solutions. Yet, we also innovate to ensure we find solutions in the long-term.

Spark Our Strengths

Spark Our Strengths

Realizing our mission means empowering many to carry it forward, as we believe strengths-based work yields better results.

Vision 2030

Abode's Five-Year Strategic Plan

Action. Influence. Excellence.

Housing ends homelessness. At Abode, we believe that housing is a fundamental human right—a necessity that supports all other human-flourishing outcomes. Communities thrive when everyone has a home. For almost four decades, Abode has been a leader in supporting people on their journey to permanent housing, making a real difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities. Now, as the largest family of housing agencies wholly dedicated to ending homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, we are proud to share our roadmap for more action, greater influence, and higher excellence as we commit ourselves to growing our impact in the future.

Working together to
show that Housing Ends Homelessness.

The efforts of our dedicated staff are fueled by generous donors and volunteers. Their gifts boost our work to help guide people in need toward a secure home.