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Arizona agent Barbara Guy leads House of Refuge, a transitional housing facility, to get more people off the street and into a home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Barbara Guy was growing up in Phoenix, her grandparents owned a motel in a poor neighborhood. Most of the motel\u2019s guests were long-term residents. \u201cThat was affordable housing,\u201d says Guy, SRES, a sales associate with ProSmart Realty in Gilbert, Ariz. \u201cMost of the people who lived there were sharecroppers or laborers. It was a melting pot: elderly, Filipino, Hispanic, Arab.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes, the residents wouldn\u2019t be able to pay monthly rent. So, Guy\u2019s grandmother would accept fresh produce in lieu of money\u2014and then, she\u2019d chop it all up and cook a feast for everyone at the motel to enjoy. That memory still motivates Guy in her efforts to help her community today. \u201cThat\u2019s my \u2018why,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cThis is why I serve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2019, Guy has played a leadership role with House of Refuge(link is external)<\/a>, a nonprofit providing transitional housing and social services like job training to homeless families. The organization, which launched in 1996, has acquired 88 two-bedroom homes for the families it serves as well as a church and annexed office building for its operations. House of Refuge offers an initial one-year stay for families who qualify for its program, helping 1,060 people in 2021 alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy, who is chair of the board for House of Refuge, says its services, which include onsite learning and recreational activities for children, are especially important as affordability in the real estate market plummets. \u201cRents continue to increase, and a living wage is very difficult right now,\u201d she says. \u201cOur residents find themselves in situations where they\u2019re just not able to make ends meet. If we had 200 more houses, we could fill them all. The need is so prevalent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kayla Kolar, president and CEO of House of Refuge, says Guy is helping the nonprofit recruit volunteers and board members that bring an array of perspectives to the issue of solving homelessness. Guy even converted a former House of Refuge resident into a board member. \u201cHer leadership also provides oversight to board governance, policymaking and fundraising that, in turn, helps the homeless families we serve,\u201d Kolar says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guy says she\u2019s now focusing on the future for House of Refuge and how to expand its offerings. \u201cWhat\u2019s next for the parents and for the kids? How do we lift them up and create opportunity? Vocational school? College? How do we make that space for them? These are our big dreams to empower them to stop the cycle of homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Guy and other REALTORS\u00ae who are making extraordinary contributions to their communities and beyond, visit the REALTORS\u00ae Are Good Neighbors Facebook page(link is external)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Association of REALTORS\u00ae
Reprinted with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arizona agent Barbara Guy leads House of Refuge, a transitional housing facility, to get more people off the street and into a home. When Barbara Guy was growing up in Phoenix, her grandparents owned a motel in a poor neighborhood. Most of the motel\u2019s guests were long-term residents. \u201cThat was affordable housing,\u201d says Guy, SRES, … <\/p>\n

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