A humanitarian ministry in practice
Practical Love is housing, food, and community on an urban duplex — for people who have historically been left out.
An urban duplex becoming an ecosystem.
Two units, eight bedrooms, gardens, a food forest, a pond, solar — and rainwater on the way.
The property →Space where people who've been left out can belong.
The property currently provides housing for people who have historically faced barriers to housing and belonging.
Our story →A model that keeps the pieces connected.
Residents, ownership partners, investors, donors, and the ministry — one property, working together.
The model →Practical Love is a humanitarian ministry and urban co-living project putting its values to work: housing people who have faced barriers, growing food, and building community on an urban duplex in transformation.
Why we exist
We believe people should be free to practice their own beliefs — whatever those are — and we believe those beliefs should show up as action. Too many people are left out of the things that make life stable: housing, food, community, and a stake in what they help build.
We live with housing insecurity, food insecurity, isolation, environmental damage, and barriers to ownership and belonging all around us. We decided we could be part of the problem or part of the solution. We chose the solution. This is what that looks like in practice.
What we've actually done
An urban duplex — two units, four bedrooms each, eight bedrooms, four bathrooms total — becoming an urban co-living home.
Mulch, topsoil, gardens, a food forest, a pond, and interlocking ecological systems. Solar installed. Rainwater catchment in development.
Dates, measurements, and documented improvements are coming to this section. Evidence TBD
See the full timeline →How to participate
Financial
Help fund the nonprofit's formation and the property's development.
Hands-on
Volunteer, lend a skill, work in the garden, or ask for prayer.
Ministry
Weddings, burial and memorial services, baby blessings, and prayer support — open to all traditions and none.
About the ministry →Questions
No. We're a humanitarian ministry with a spiritual emphasis. The closest philosophical tradition is Unitarian Universalism, but we're not formally affiliated with it. People of all traditions and none are welcome.
No. Nothing here is an offer to sell securities, and there are no guaranteed returns. We're exploring an eight-partner ownership model — the details are TBD.
Not yet. We intend to establish a 501(c)(3), and that status is currently TBD. Until it exists, we can't promise deductibility.