The Meaning of Hope - Founder, President, CEO Restoration House of Houston

Restoration House of Houston is uniquely positioned to address the critical gap in services for homeless couples with children in the Houston community — a gap largely due to the lack of options that allow families to stay together. This mission is driven by the vision and firsthand experience of its Founder, Cameron Hunter.
Mr. Hunter's experience began with an episode of homelessness with his wife and four children in the early 1990s. After relocating from Portland, Oregon, to his native of Columbus, Ohio, the expense of the journey left them without funds to secure a place to live.

After finding help through a local shelter, they not only acquired housing, but Mr. Hunter procured a carpet cleaning franchise, which led to their family purchasing their own home.

Our visionary then became an Intake Worker and was later promoted to Director of the same family shelter where he and his family had formerly been clients.

While serving as the Director, although his family was a benefactor to their services, he observed many shortcomings in the shelter system, some of which caused clients to become casualties of recidivism. Families were rushed through their shelter stay to get them into housing as quickly as possible. This process may appear beneficial, however, the issues which caused homelessness were not addressed, hence in many cases leading to a relapse into homelessness.

The vision our Founder has brought to the Board of Directors is to not only address the issues which caused homelessness but also provide a long-term solution, not a short-term intervention, resulting in stability and enabling the family to become productive members of the community.