OUR MISSION
Housing is a Human Right OC (HHROC) is a community-based entity comprised of a coalition of volunteers, often from partnering groups/organizations, working together to promote the Housing First model to achieve safe, supportive, affordable, and permanent housing for unhoused and housing insecure persons in Orange County.
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights
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Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
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Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Join Us
If you would like more information about how to volunteer with HHROC, please email us at: [email protected]
Stigmas Surrounding Homelessness
Homelessness is a major problem nationwide.
More than 160,000 people in California — from all walks of life — experience homelessness on any given night, and a series of systemic and social factors lead them there. People who are couch-surfing or living in an RV are still experiencing homelessness; they do not have a home to call their own.
Protecting Unhoused People
Affordable housing should be the top priority.
In California, renters currently need to earn nearly 3 times the state minimum wage to afford average asking rents, but with 18.2% or approximately 40 million Californians suffering from poverty, those struggling the most cannot bridge the gap.
