Bethel Suites

06/10/2026

We're so very proud to be a part of the Livingston County community, and to have Community Catalysts leading the work of creating more attainable housing! 🙌

06/03/2026

Repost from Laurie Helgren:

"A big thank you to Community Bible Church Brighton for the Day of Hope at Community Catalysts' Bethel Suites! This amazing group came out and gave the building and grounds a scrub down on a beautiful Saturday morning! Your dedication to Bethel and this community is so appreciated!" 💕👏🙌😀

▶️ Volunteer with us: https://www.community-catalysts.org/contact

06/01/2026

Did you know?!

✅ Almost half of Livingston County’s households spend more than 30% of their income on housing

✅ One in five is severely burdened, devoting more than half their earnings to rent

✅ Many of these residents earn less than $49,000 a year, placing them perilously close to homelessness with just one financial setback

Community Catalysts wants to change that.

Here's how. ⤵️

Livingston County, Michigan is a beautiful place to live, but for many of our residents, finding housing that fits their budget is a constant struggle. Market rate rents for a one-bedroom apartment hover around $1,000, while a two-bedroom can cost $1,400 to $1,500. Almost half of the county’s hous...

05/25/2026

Remembering those who gave it all so that we could live free. 🇺🇸

05/22/2026

One more day of celebrating three years of Bethel Suites! 👏🏽🏡

In addition to housing people who have become homeless, the team at Bethel Suites feeds them and connects them to key community resources.

Over the years, Bethel's food program has grown from a small freezer of meals to fresh, nutritious meals delivered multiple times a week, an onsite food pantry, a personal care pantry, and donated cooking appliances that guests can take with them when they leave! 🥙 🍕 🥬 🍔 🔌

Our incredible community partners (you know who you are!) have joined with us to make feeding our guests a top priority, allowing individuals and families to experience comfort and nourishment year-round.

We also have onsite community resources to assist guests with finding a job, getting weekly counseling, finding healthcare and child care that they can afford, developing a budget, and finding and moving into housing that they can afford. 📈🧑🏽‍🔧

As we close out this week of celebration, we invite you to join us in loving and serving our neighbors—whether that's in the form of a volunteer day, a monetary donation, a business partnership, or something else.

Learn more about Community Catalysts and Bethel Suites at the links below:

🟢 VOLUNTEER: https://www.community-catalysts.org/contact
🟢 DONATE: https://www.community-catalysts.org/donate

05/21/2026

Blessed to be a blessing.

We're continuing to celebrate three years of our flagship transitional housing project, Bethel Suites, with good news and stories of hope! 🎉

Did you know our Bethel Suites guests stay with us for an average of 9 months, as they work to stabilize their lives from the trauma that caused them to become homeless?

And here's something truly incredible:

We have been able to help about 70% of the people who stay with us move into PERMANENT housing that they can afford. That compares to the national average of a 10% success rate! TEN!

05/20/2026

We're so fortunate to love and serve our Livingston County neighbors. Happy three years to us! 🥳👏✨

We're celebrating THREE YEARS of Bethel Suites with stories of hope and good news! ✨

On average, we're honored to serve about 30 people each month at Bethel Suites. Each of these individuals or families have lost their housing. Some are sleeping in their cars (and that's if they have a car).

The need for attainable housing here in Livingston County cannot be overstated: Bethel Suites receives around 50 calls or emails a month from people who desperately need help with housing. 🏡

Even when it feels like a drop in the ocean, we know that every single guest at Bethel is a human being worthy of dignity and respect. Every guest has a past, but more importantly: a future, and we are blessed to play a role in their lives as they get back on their feet...three years, and counting!

05/19/2026

THREE YEARS! 🎉✨

This week, we're celebrating THREE YEARS since the grand opening of our flagship transitional housing project, Bethel Suites!

Bethel Suites exists to love, serve, and transition people struggling with homelessness into permanent, affordable housing—and over the years, we've have been able to help about 70% of the people who stay with us move into permanent housing that they can afford.

(That compares to the national average of a 10% success rate!) 😲

This week, we'll continue to share Bethel stories of transformation and hope; but for now, won't you join us in celebrating this incredible milestone?! ⤵

05/08/2026

If we could wave a magic wand, we'd instantly create 10 more Bethel Suites-style projects here in Livingston County! 🪄

The bad news? We're a little short on magic wands.

The good news? Our neighbors at Lake Trust are hard at work championing the same mission as Community Catalysts: to create and sustain attainable housing, right here in Michigan.

Read & watch this recent interview with Amanda Huszti-Vickers, Assistant Vice President of Community Impact at Lake Trust, if you're in need of some encouragement today!

Creating more attainable housing doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes collaboration between nonprofits, local institutions, and community members all working toward a shared goal.At Community Catalysts, we’ve seen firsthand how impactful these partnerships can be! One example is our ongoing col...

04/20/2026

Volunteers are some of our BIGGEST blessings.

They improve our guests' quality of life, and allow Community Catalysts to redirect funds toward attainable housing projects instead of on tasks like clean-up, property upkeep, and beautification.

Thank you to every person and group who has ever volunteered at, or with, Bethel Suites and Community Catalysts. What might have felt like a few short hours added up to months of assistance and thousands of dollars of funding saved (not to mention countless moments of laughter and joy!). ☀️

We are so very grateful for YOU.

Interested in joining us for a volunteer day? Follow the link below!

https://www.community-catalysts.org/contact

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