01/09/2026
✨ This week’s Community Connection features Alexandria Thomas, Director of Community Relations and Development at Neighborhood Properties, a nonprofit serving Lucas County since 1988 with a mission to end homelessness for individuals living with mental illness and substance use disorder. 🏠💙
Alexandria shares how Neighborhood Properties provides permanent supportive housing across the community, including 471 apartment units, along with services that help residents stabilize and avoid returning to homelessness.
She also explains how outreach teams meet people where they are and guide them toward housing and mental health support, while highlighting the growing housing crisis affecting Toledo families. This conversation is a powerful reminder that stability is built through compassion, collaboration, and community investment.
🎥 Check out the full video on our YouTube channel. (Link in the comments)