Donor Spotlight: CORT Furniture
Communications Admin • May 6, 2020
Coalition donors make a huge positive impact on the work to solve homelessness in the Houston region. Their support means the Coalition can continue to align funding, agencies, and work so we can end homelessness for people and families as quickly as possible.
This month we would like to point our donor spotlight on CORT Furniture for their continued partnership and generous support of our mission!
CORT began its local partnership with the Coalition for the Homeless in 2015 by joining our Landlord Marketing workgroup to provide expertise and financial support for our work to recruit apartment properties for the homeless response system. CORT has also been a proud sponsor of many Coalition events, including last year's "Pancakes and Solutions" World Homeless Day Breakfast!
Across the US, CORT is a business and philanthropic leader in their industry. They make houses - both temporary and permanent - into homes by providing high-quality delivered and assembled furniture and home goods. CORT also supports many Permanent Supportive Housing projects and partner agencies throughout Houston and the country by offering top customer service.
CORT has also stepped up in a leadership role during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing furniture for organizations like FEMA and for traveling nurses and healthcare workers.
In addition to the financial support that CORT provides to the Coalition, their employees forge meaningful bonds with us (and the other agencies they partner with!) and always go above and beyond for our local homeless response system.
The staff and Board of Directors at the Coalition are proud to count CORT Furniture and its team members as friends and supporters - thank you for your generosity!
Houston, Texas (February 24, 2026) – This week, the nonprofit Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County (CFTH) is leading the annual Point-in-Time Homeless Count & Survey (“PIT Count”) to determine the number of people experiencing homelessness across Houston and throughout Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties. “We may see a slight uptick in the number this year, but we have a plan,” said Kelly Young, President & CEO of CFTH. “With the support of the City of Houston, Harris County, and private funders, we have been piloting new interventions to shorten the length of time people in our region experience homelessness. With adequate funding, we look forward to expanding those interventions to help people regain lives of self-determination.” CFTH coordinates the Houston region’s public-private homeless response system, The Way Home . Through this collaboration, The Way Home partners have successfully housed over 36,000 people since 2012. CFTH will release the results of Houston’s 2026 PIT Count in the summer, following independent verification by an epidemiologist. These findings will provide insight into how factors such as increases in the cost of living and the end of federal pandemic relief funding have impacted homelessness in our region. More information about the 2026 Point-in-Time Homeless Count & Survey The PIT Count offers a snapshot of how many people are experiencing homelessness in our region on a single night. This year, the “night of record” is Monday, Feb. 23. CFTH determines the number of people staying in shelters on that night by pulling records electronically from the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) . The unsheltered count will be conducted on the following days, from Tuesday, Feb. 24 to Thursday, Feb. 26. More than 400 volunteers and staff of local nonprofit service provider partners will canvass the three-county region to survey people living unsheltered, using an app on their mobile devices. Results from the 2026 PIT Count will help gauge the progress of The Way Home’s ongoing collaborative efforts. It will also help CFTH and partner homeless outreach teams understand geographic shifts and target their outreach throughout the year. The PIT Count illuminates specific programmatic gaps and provides additional information needed to allocate resources most efficiently. The PIT Count is a requirement of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) for the annual Continuum of Care (CoC) funding process. HUD furnishes the majority of funding for programs that provide housing and supportive services to people experiencing homelessness in the region. In 2024, HUD granted more than $71 million to the Houston area.
As lead agency to The Way Home Continuum of Care (CoC), CFTH is working with local governmental entities to advocate on behalf of people experiencing homelessness to ensure their needs are being considered as winter weather affects our region. We will make frequent updates as we receive information. Please check back often for the latest information. Last updated 02/01/2026 at 12:00 p.m.
While our system has helped thousands of people move from homelessness to housing, this year’s results highlight the need to broaden our approach.
