Presley Place is a joint venture between the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation and the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) that houses dozens of families annually. The complex consists of two four-bedroom apartments and 10 two-bedroom apartments and is part of MIFA's Estival Communities with 77-units providing homeless families with transitional housing in south-central Memphis.

It officially opened to its first residents on July 10, 2001. Lisa Marie Presley, Chairman of EPE (Elvis Presley Enterprises) and EPCF, cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the new facility. The grand-opening ceremony provided the public an opportunity to view the facility and learn more about this program to assist families in crisis.

New resident families -- formerly homeless -- began moving into the fully furnished units the next day. Since it opened in July 2001, Presley Place has been home to more than 13 adults and 32 children who were forced from their homes by fire, eviction or domestic violence. Presley Place gives these families a safe environment to live in while they get the job skills or the education and training they need. Without Presley Place, these families would have no place to go.

MIFA's Estival Communities program provides qualifying homeless families up to one year of rent-free housing in the apartments on its various campuses like Presley Place and provides a comprehensive program of child day care, career and financial counseling, family management guidance and other tools to help them break the cycle of poverty and regain self-esteem and independence. For more information visit the MIFA website Click here to make a charitable donation to Presley Place or EPCF