Strategic Solutions, Inc. brings business-minded strategy to Sonoma County's most pressing challenge — combining direct investment, rent subsidies, home safety upgrades, and education to make housing affordable in West Sonoma County's rural and unincorporated communities.
SSI started small — a husband-and-wife conversation about how to make a meaningful, replicable contribution to the community that had given us so much.
Founder Luke Monroe is a 15-year Sonoma County real estate investor, licensed broker, and general contractor. After more than a decade of flipping homes, the birth of his daughter reshaped the question — not just "what's the next project?", but "what is she watching us do, and what do we owe the community that's raising her?"
The full real estate story — projects, partners, and the operating thesis — lives at RobinHoodHomes.org.
Every dollar we raise is split across three programs in a consistent ratio. The model is intentionally simple — and intentionally public.
Half of all funds are granted directly to local nonprofits focused on affordability, housing, food security, and education across Sonoma County — with a priority on rural and unincorporated West County organizations.
A dedicated reserve for direct investment in affordable housing projects — including down payment equity for projects ranging from tiny home villages to multifamily condos, for sale or for rent.
A full-time grant writer matchmaking Sonoma County nonprofits with state, federal, and private funds — and doing the work to submit on their behalf. The goal: drive more dollars into our community.
Where our affordable-housing investment goes to work — preserving an existing affordable property so it stays in service for the community, for the long term.
Strategic Solutions has identified and entered negotiations to acquire Giffen House, a transitional housing property in Santa Rosa that serves low-income women, with or without children.
Through our affordable-housing investment program, SSI would acquire and preserve the real estate — maintaining the property's existing affordability commitments and its role as a vital community resource, and assuming its existing public financing. Consistent with our mission, SSI's role is to own and preserve the real estate for the long term.
We are interviewing qualified operating partners and expect to select an experienced local nonprofit to deliver housing and supportive services to residents under a long-term operating arrangement. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary approvals and due diligence.
“Our goal is simple: keep this housing affordable and in service for the women and families who depend on it. We handle the real estate and preservation so that a mission-driven operator can focus entirely on serving residents.”
— Luke Monroe, Executive Director
Applications for the Q3 2026 community-grant cycle are now open. We fund Sonoma County nonprofits working on housing, affordability, food security, and education — with priority given to rural and unincorporated West County organizations.
Apply for a GrantEarmarked for a future joint-venture housing project with SSI — details to be announced. TLC serves foster and former-foster youth and young adults ages 16–24 across Sonoma County, pairing housing with mobile case management, life skills, and long-term support.
Funding 2027 summer camp scholarships, ensuring children from low-income families in West County have access to the Museum's Wonder Camp program — nature-based, hands-on learning for ages 6–12.
Supporting CSN's supportive-housing network for people experiencing homelessness alongside mental-health and behavioral-health challenges. Across nine Sonoma County homes — from the Opportunity House shelter to permanent supportive housing — CSN houses more than 200 residents each year, pairing stable shelter with the care that keeps them housed.
Directed to The Living Room, the only daytime drop-in center in Sonoma County serving women and children experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Since 1993, its Women's and Mother & Child programs have provided meals, transitional housing, and a path to stability for hundreds of women and children each year.
A collaborative ministry of Sebastopol churches based at St. Stephen's Episcopal, providing groceries and food staples to West County residents — Sebastopol, Graton, Occidental, Bodega, Freestone, and Forestville — several days a week.
Supporting hunger relief across Sonoma County and Northern California. REFB is the region's largest food assistance organization, serving over 135,000 individuals annually through 300+ distributions and 130 community partnerships.
All-volunteer 501(c)3 founded by a formerly unhoused Santa Rosa resident — one of the largest mutual aid networks in the Bay Area, providing meals, supplies, and advocacy for unsheltered Sonoma County residents seven days a week.
A student scholarship for the DIRT program (Dismantle, Immerse, Reflect, Transform) — a signature Jan Term course at St. Mary's that sends students into impoverished communities to do hands-on service work, while challenging them to think systemically about the root causes of poverty and inequality.
Seed funding to open the inaugural Sonoma County branch, concentrating on Zone 4 (unincorporated West County). One-day bedroom makeovers — clean rooms, beds, desks, lighting — for children ages 5–16 living in unhealthy conditions.
Earmarked for TLC's young adult transitional housing program, serving foster youth aging out of foster care and other at-risk youth ages 16–25. Housing, job training, and life-skills support around Santa Rosa Junior College.
Scholarships for children from rural West County to attend the Museum's full-time summer camp — allowing working parents to continue employment while children are in enriching, safe summer programs.
Supporting food insecurity relief across Sonoma County. REFB is the region's largest hunger-relief organization, serving over 135,000 individuals annually across five counties.
All-volunteer 501(c)3 founded by a formerly unhoused Santa Rosa resident — one of the largest mutual aid networks in the Bay Area, providing meals, supplies, and advocacy for unsheltered Sonoma County residents seven days a week.
Discretionary fund for teachers at Harmony Elementary and Salmon Creek Middle School (Occidental, CA) — classroom supplies, field trips, and books to enrich the experience for rural West County students.
SSI's affordable housing properties are deed-restricted and held through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Robin Hood Homes, LLC. The full portfolio — including SB 1079 acquisitions, transitional housing, and multifamily projects across West Sonoma County — lives there.
A lean operation — by design. We keep overhead low so more of every dollar reaches West Sonoma County.
