About us, our clients, our friends.
Our Place Nashville partners with non-profit organizations to provide brick-and-mortar housing called Friendship Houses throughout the city for adults with developmental disabilities.
What we do…
Individuals with developmental disabilities (“friends”) deserve the opportunity to live full and rich lives in an inclusive environment where they are accepted, respected and belong. With the help of our housing partners, Our Place Nashville provides these friends with opportunities to live independently in a community that houses both able and disabled residents. Our resident friends live alongside graduate students, older adults, and other individuals in need of affordable housing (“housemates”), who provide them with community and neighborly supports. We are the only private pay provider of affordable housing for adults with developmental disabilities in middle Tennessee.
Why we do what we do…
Our Place Nashville fills the critical need for affordable and supportive housing for individuals with developmental disabilities. Given the rising costs of housing and the challenge of securing direct services, parents and families are hard pressed to financially afford and oversee independent living in the community for their loved ones. Without Our Place, the individuals we serve would be limited to insular lives at home with minimal opportunities to engage with others or enjoy the rich panoply of options independent living offers. We provide the missing piece of the puzzle – creating supportive communities where our friends can thrive and exceed their – and their families’ -- expectations.
Resident Spotlight
Three of our residents were recently featured in videos from the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities. We are so proud of our residents!
Watch our Virtual Information Session recorded in the Summer of 2025.
This longer form video includes tours of each home, information about independent community living, and introduces you to some of our amazing residents.
Our Friendship Houses
We currently have five Friendship House Communities, where abled and disabled individuals create a supportive, integrated environment, one in which residents become more like family members than housemates over time. The word “house” is somewhat of a misnomer as our first two houses are individual, apartment-style living while Houses 3 - 5 are shared living and are more like a traditional “house”.
A community of friends, graduate students and older adults
Our Place Nashville partners with non-profit organizations to provide brick-and-mortar housing called Friendship Houses throughout the city for adults with developmental disabilities. For every two friends who reside at Friendship House, there are three neurotypical adults: graduate students, young professionals, and older adults.