Samaritan Resource Center’s Executive Director, Zeynep Portway, penned an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel making the case for why displacing or defunding SRC would make homelessness worse, not better. Portway emphasizes that SRC's neighbors are not outsiders drawn in from elsewhere, rather, they are East Orlando residents who have been priced out of
In March 2025, a car accident changed everything for one of our neighbors. He lost his CDL, his job, and soon after, his home...
At 68 years old, Samantha deserved a home. For over a year, she lived in the woods. The pandemic had taken her job. Housing displacement took the rest...
Spectrum News spotlighted Samaritan Resource Center’s daily work at the heart of its coverage of Orange County's proposed Goldenrod Village Housing Navigation Center, a planned $27 million, 150-bed facility near Goldenrod Road and East Colonial Drive. Alongside the county's announcement, Executive Director Zeynep Portway spoke to the depth of need SRC sees firsthand,
Orange County officials unveiled "Goldenrod Village," a proposed 150-bed housing navigation center near Goldenrod Road and East Colonial Drive, at a public meeting Monday evening. The $27 million facility would offer wraparound services including meals, employment assistance, mental health care, and case management, with the goal of transitioning residents out of homelessness
We're grateful to Spectrum News 13 for the spotlight on our street medicine initiative! This partnership with True Health brings primary and preventive health care directly to unsheltered neighbors in east Orlando. Every week, rain or shine, our outreach team and a nurse practitioner from True Health go out into the field to
News 6 WKMG / ClickOrlando recently covered Orange County's plan for a new 150-bed shelter off of Goldenrod, and Samaritan Resource Center was highlighted as a vital part of the solution already at work in this community. For our neighbors facing housing instability, this moment matters. More resources. More conversations. More pathways
The week of Thanksgiving, a family of three lost their home overnight. Their landlord disconnected the utilities and told them to leave...
ORLANDO, FL – The Samaritan Resource Center (SRC), in partnership with True Health, has launched a new Street Medicine program bringing primary and preventive healthcare directly to individuals experiencing homelessness in East Orlando. The initiative began its first rounds of outreach in October and is already filling a critical gap in care for
If you weren’t able to make it to our last meeting, please watch it here for the latest updates and hear from community partners. Many thanks to our partners Housing Connector, orangecosheriff, Pastor Vereen from Elim Baptist Church and Lee Perry with Commissioner kelly.martinez.semrad’s office.
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