Need housing support? We are here to help.
Housing stability creates successful households.
Workshops, guides, and tools that help families and individuals stay housed, build credit, and grow toward homeownership.
Built by a former school behavioral therapist who knows: stable homes raise successful students, parents, and communities.
Where housing stability is taught.
Education. Stability. A path forward.
Two Missions
Educate + Develop
Who We Serve
Find the path that fits you.
Education to help you stay housed.
All resources are free to Philadelphia families and individuals. Take a quiz, download a guide, or read up on renter rights — all on us.
- Rent Readiness Quiz & Self-Assessment
- Move-In Checklist, Budget Worksheet, Maintenance Guide
- Workshops on lease literacy & credit building
Bring our workshops to the families you serve.
Contract our curriculum and live workshops for the families your organization serves.
- Customized curriculum for your client base
- Live training sessions, in-person or virtual
- Tenant success follow-up & support
Our Impact
50+
Families & Individuals Served
12+
Workshops Delivered
8+
Partner Organizations
2020
Founded with Purpose
What We Do
Two missions, one shared goal: long-term housing stability.
We develop affordable housing and deliver practical education so that families can move from instability into homes where they can grow and thrive.
Founder & CEO
Anissa Taylor
Women-Led
Community-Rooted
Meet the Founder
A community native turning lived experience into lasting housing change.
Anissa Taylor is the founder of Dorsey Taylor Homes. Raised by a single mother who dreamed of becoming a homeowner but never had the chance, Anissa built this company around a promise: that women and families from neighborhoods like hers should have a real pathway to stable, dignified housing.
Before founding Dorsey Taylor Homes in 2020, she spent 16 years as a Behavioral Therapist in the public school district and a decade as Program Director at Greater Philadelphia Health Action — work rooted in education, community, and building functional spaces for the people who needed them most. That blend of community work, behavioral science, and program building is what shapes how she develops housing today: every property is a step toward family stability, and every program is an investment in the people who will live in those homes.
“A woman from the community who returned to build stability and opportunity through housing and education.”
— Anissa Taylor, Founder & CEO
We believe stable housing is the foundation of a stable life — and that education is what makes that stability last.
From the homes we build to the workshops we deliver, every part of our work is rooted in community, dignity, and the long-term success of the families we serve.
Our Approach
A community-centered model for affordable housing.
Community-Centered
Rooted in the communities we serve, working alongside local partners.
Housing Stability
Practical pathways from temporary or unstable housing into lasting homes.
Education-Driven
Tenant success, financial literacy, and pre-homeownership readiness.
Partnership-Based
Programs delivered through shelters, nonprofits, and housing organizations.
Stories from the Community
Voices that shape the work.
The families we house, the partners we work alongside, and the community members we serve are at the center of everything we do. Their stories will live here.
“I can say I am no longer a homeless Vet because of Anissa and how she cares about people and their housing issues. I now live in a beautiful apartment and using some of her advice my credit is improving, I can't thank her enough.”
D. Robinson
Veteran · Housed Through Dorsey Taylor Homes · Veteran Housed Through Our Program
