Openhouse

Community Engagement: To ameliorate social and environmental conditions that may serve as barriers for LGBTQ seniors, Openhouse organizes over 100 hours per month of intellectually stimulating activities and opportunities that bring LGBTQ+ older adults together to meet each other, reduce social isolation and enhance their quality of life. Activities include game days, bi-weekly and monthly lunches, movie screenings, museum tours and other outings, general discussion groups, financial planning seminars, and arts and writing workshops.(Continued on Schedule O)

Community Support Services: Under the Openhouse Community Support Services Department, 55 Laguna and its neighboring building, 95 Laguna are uniquely designed to support LGBTQ+ seniors. Both buildings were established through a partnership between Mercy Housing, a nonprofit housing developer, and Openhouse a community nonprofit that serves LGBTQ+ seniors. Through this partnership, Mercy Housing provides property management and resident services, and Openhouse provides a range of activities and services for LGBTQ+ seniors that honor and affirm their experience and create a safe home environment within community. Openhouse also provides case management for Continuum of Care participants of all genders, sexual identities and expressions who live on site. (Continued on Schedule O)

Build-Out: Openhouse completed its new Community Center at 75 Laguna Street in San Francisco. The 7100-sq.ft. facility offers capacity for up to 5,000 community members per year. There are spaces for lifelong learning, art, social day programs, and evening gatherings for approximately 200.