Miley Cyrus Donates $1 Million to Build 97 Homes for Women in Los Angeles

Photo: video frame via YouTube (Miley Cyrus at the Downtown Women’s Center site).

Miley Cyrus is putting her money — and her heart — where it matters. The Miley Cyrus Foundation has pledged $1 million to the Downtown Women’s Center’s HOME campaign to help build Rosa’s Place, a brand-new development on Skid Row that will provide 97 permanent apartments for women, including survivors of violence who are exiting homelessness.

Miley and her mother, Tish Cyrus-Purcell, were honored for their partnership with the center at the Every Woman Housed Gala on Saturday, October 10, in Los Angeles, hosted by Natasha Rothwell. The night raised more than $2.1 million — and when Rosa’s Place opens in fall 2027, it will nearly double the Downtown Women’s Center’s housing for women.

Photo: Downtown Women’s Center / Every Woman Housed Gala (video frame).

This is way more than a check, too. Miley and Tish have rolled up their sleeves — helping renovate spaces on the Downtown Women’s Center campus and even consulting on the interior design of Rosa’s Place, so the women who move in walk into a home that feels warm, safe, and dignified from day one.

Here’s the story of Miley’s million-dollar gift and the women it will house:

Photo: MTV VMAs 2014 (video frame).

If this mission sounds familiar, there’s a reason. Miley’s fight for people without homes goes all the way back to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, when she sent Jesse Helt — a young man who had experienced homelessness himself — on stage to accept her Video of the Year award and speak for homeless youth. More than a decade later, she’s still showing up. Ninety-seven women are about to get the keys to a fresh start because of it.