city with dwellings

Building a community where everyone belongs -

because everyone deserves a place to call home.

At City With Dwellings in Winston-Salem, we are more than a support network – we are a hive of connection, compassion and care. Like a hive, our community thrives on shared effort, mutual support, and constant activity focused on helping one another.

We meet our neighbors where they are, offering outreach, resource navigation, and relationship-centered care that builds real pathways out of homelessness. Every person, every connection, strengthens the hive we’re building – a vibrant, living network where stability, dignity, and hope can take root and thrive.

No one should face housing insecurity, trauma, or isolation alone. Together, with neighbors, volunteers, and partners, we are creating a resilient community where everyone has the support they need to move from homelessness to stability. Join the hive, and help City With Dwellings build a more connected and compassionate Winston-Salem.

Get Help

If you’re facing homelessness for the first time or are looking for resources available in Winston-Salem, start here.

Get Involved

Community is where healing begins, and our efforts are only as strong as the people who support us with their time or donations.

City With Dwellings is . . .

Outreach

We meet neighbors where they are on the street, in encampments, and in crisis, with trust, consistency, and practical help.

Navigation

We walk alongside people as they connect to housing, ID, healthcare, and services to help them move forward with the support they need.

Community

We create spaces of belonging and healing, and we’re building a supportive housing community for neighbors who need it most.

Meeting
People
Where They Are

We build trust with neighbors experiencing unsheltered homelessness by showing up consistently, listening deeply, and offering real-time help with basic needs, referrals, and connections to resources.

Our outreach includes everything from transportation to ID recovery to simple, human conversation.

We also partner with local healthcare providers to bring services like foot and vision care, dental services, and nurse-led wellness checks directly to the people who need them.

Helping
People
Navigate Forward

At our Community First Center, neighbors receive one-on-one support navigating the systems that impact their lives.

We assist with housing referrals, vital documents, mail access, and connection to community services.

When funding allows, we offer limited emergency financial assistance.

Through our Hope & Home Community Assistance Fund*, rent and utilities support, and family reunification travel are possible. This targeted support offers a powerful return on community investment.

(*Financial assistance is provided as funding allows and is not guaranteed.)

Creating
a Community
of Care

We believe healing happens in relationship. That’s why we invest in people through peer support, volunteer teams, trauma-informed services, restorative activities, and public education that centers dignity and belonging.

We’re laying the groundwork for a supportive housing community of our own, designed for neighbors who need the highest level of care, connection, and long-term stability.

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller