Over the past eleven years, A Sense of Home has created over 2,000 home environments, grounded in the science that people cannot thrive without stable, functional spaces. A Sense of Home’s Disaster Recovery Program has been named a winner in Fast Company’s 2026 World Changing Ideas Awards, while Founder and President Georgie Smith has been named to the inaugural TIME Visionaries list.

These honors come amid a period of significant growth for A Sense of Home, following the organization’s rapid expansion into disaster relief work in the wake of the 2025 Los Angeles Fires. Within days of the 2025 LA wildfires, A Sense of Home replicated its innovative model created for foster youth and launched an emergency disaster recovery program near Altadena, mobilizing volunteers and corporate partners to donate goods to create home environments for impacted families. The organization rapidly scaled its capacity to manage the influx of need, increasing from four home creations per week to more than 25. The Disaster Recovery Program is designed to support individuals and families who are displaced following the fires and lack the financial resources to safely inhabit their new spaces.