Eric Schames
Housing Executive & Advisor · Founder, CORE Housing · Los Angeles
Eric Schames is a Los Angeles housing executive and advisor. He builds the operations, infrastructure, and strategy that let mission-driven housing organizations run, strengthen, and scale.
He is the founder of CORE Housing — Comprehensive Outcomes, Resources & Empowerment — an umbrella platform for whole-person housing that spans housing operations, real estate, strategic partnerships, advisory work, technology, and program coordination. Through CORE Housing, Eric connects people with housing, resources, and opportunities and builds the systems that keep them housed. He works as an operator, coordinator, and advisor.
Eric has spent years on the operational side of California housing and community organizations, building the back-office and operational engine — finance, contracting, compliance operations, reporting, and partnerships — that lets programs deliver and grow.
Focus Areas
- Housing Operations & Infrastructure
- Organizational Strategy & Advisory
- Strategic Partnerships
- Real Estate
- Program Coordination
- Technology & Future Initiatives
CORE Housing
CORE Housing — Comprehensive Outcomes, Resources & Empowerment — is an umbrella platform for whole-person housing, spanning housing operations and infrastructure, real estate, strategic partnerships, advisory work, technology, and program coordination. CORE Housing builds and coordinates the systems behind mission-driven housing — connecting people with housing, resources, and opportunities and strengthening the operations that keep them housed.
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Founder & Principal, CORE Housing · Los Angeles
Frequently Asked
Who is Eric Schames?
Eric Schames is a Los Angeles housing executive and advisor, and the founder of CORE Housing. He builds the operations, infrastructure, and strategy behind whole-person housing, working as an operator, coordinator, and advisor.
What is CORE Housing?
CORE Housing — Comprehensive Outcomes, Resources & Empowerment — is an umbrella platform for whole-person housing, spanning housing operations, real estate, strategic partnerships, advisory work, and program coordination. It builds and coordinates the systems behind mission-driven housing.
What does Eric Schames do?
He works at the operational and strategic layer of housing: housing operations and administration, real estate, strategic partnerships, advisory work, and program coordination. He helps mission-driven organizations coordinate, scale, and strengthen the systems that keep people housed.
Where is Eric Schames based?
Los Angeles, California.
What is Eric Schames's background?
He holds a J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law and a B.A. in Art History from UCLA, where he graduated magna cum laude. He has spent years building and strengthening the operational side of mission-driven housing and community organizations across California.
How can I contact Eric Schames?
Through CORE Housing at corehousing.com, or via LinkedIn.
Education
J.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
B.A., Art History, UCLA — magna cum laude