Throughout 2018, HomeAid Houston is celebrating its 15th anniversary of building hope and homes for the homeless of Houston. In that time, what is most remarkable is the number 50. Fifty projects in 15 years. Fifty projects that are changing the lives of men, women, children, families and veterans from all walks of life. Fifty projects of all shapes and sizes. Fifty projects that continue to enhance lives and in many cases, save lives. Fifty projects that have added over 400 beds and 12.6 million dollars in real estate construction and improvements to Houston's homeless community. Fifty projects in 15 years that are serving over 5000 people who once faced homelessness.
Please take a moment to browse through these projects listed to the right.
A Caring Safe Place provides crisis intervention as well as an array of services to some of Houston's most vulnerable homeless, and chronically homeless, population, including men who are HIV positive, sufferering from mental illness and/or substance abuse issues.
Service Provider: A Caring Safe Place
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: Sandcastle Homes
Project Value: $49,000
Work Performed: Renovation
Completed: April 15, 2017
Agape Development is transforming the the neighborhoods of 77021 through the application of AGAPE love - love that is authentic, intentional and long lasting. By providing a range of housing and services -- from afterschool programs to a Gateway program for young adults, to Community Development programs and events -- Agape is providing a pathway to success for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness or in crisis.
Service Provider: Agape Development
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: GHBA's Remodelers Council
Project Value: $25,000
Work Performed: Renovation and remodeling
Grand View Builders/GVB Custom Builders joined forces with HomeAid Houston to provide the conversion of a garage space into a fully functional food pantry and beautiful storage space for the kids and kinship families of Angel Reach in Conroe.
Service Provider: ANGEL REACH
Location: CONROE
Builder Partners: GRAND VIEW BUILDERS/GVB CUSTOM HOMES
Project Value: $25,500
Work Performed: CREATION OF A FOOD PANTRY AND STORAGE SPACE
People Served Annually: 112
Completed: 2014
In 2007, Builder Captain Dakotablue Homes constructed two 4,200 square foot homes in Morgan’s Pointe, for Boys & Girls Harbor.
Service Provider: BOYS AND GIRLS HARBOR
Location: LA PORTE, TEXAS
Builder Partners: DAKOTABLUE HOMES
Project Value: $488,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF TWO COTTAGES FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
Beds Added: 16
People Served Annually: 51
Completed: 2007
Builder Captain Partners in Building, has completed their 8,000 sq. ft. cottage for Boys and Girls Country in Hockley, Texas!
Service Provider: BOYS AND GIRLS COUNTRY
Location: HOCKLEY
Builder Partners: PARTNERS IN BUILDING
Project Value: $840,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A COTTAGE TO HOUSE EIGHT HOMELESS CHILDREN AND THEIR TEACHING PARENTS
Beds Added: 12
People Served Annually: 88
Completed: November 2016
Under the sleepy gaze of a small herd of cattle grazing just yards away, construction of the Hamill Cottage, an 8100 sq. ft. home on the campus at Boys and Girls Country campus in Hockley, Texas, is nearly complete. HomeAid Houston and Lennar/Village Builders are partners in the construction that will soon house eight children and their "teaching parents". The cottage will provide a safe, nurturing environment for children from families in crisis. The Hamill Cottage is the second of 11 cottages being planned for construction that will update the166-acre campus.
Service Provider: Boys and Girls Country
Location: Hockley, Texas
Builder Partners: Lennar/Village Builders
Project Value: 900,000
Beds Added: 14
For the last three years, the Greater Houston Builders Association's Custom Builder's Council has teamed up with HomeAid Houston to update and renovate the homes at Casa de los Ninos. These homes provide a loving and nurturing environment for up to six children and give them an opportunity to recover from family crisis situations.
Service Provider: Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: GHBA's Custom Builders Council
Project Value: $25,000 - $35,000
Work Performed: Renovations of their homes
People Served Annually: 11
Completed: 2015/2016/2017
David Weekley Homes spearheaded a children's home improvement project for their CARE Build Month initiative in May.
Service Provider: Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: David Weekley Homes
Work Performed: Renovation of The Rocket Center
Completed: June 2016
In the winter of 2007 – 2008, a call came into HomeAid Houston from Child Advocates. Could they help a foster mother of five severely disabled children with some badly-needed home renovations?
Service Provider: CORA CASEY CRUSADE
Location: HOUSTON
Mission of Agency: AN INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING HOUSING AND CARE FOR THREE SEVERELY DISABLED CHILDREN
Builder Partners: THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION’S REMODELERS COUNCIL
Project Value: $100,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION AND ADDITION OF ADA ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS, GENERAL UPDATING
Beds Added: 6
People Served Annually: 6
Completed: 2008
Covenant House Texas (CHT) Crisis Shelter serves homeless youth ranging in age from 18 to 20 and houses an average of 40 to 50 every night. The youth come voluntarily and no one is turned away. All individuals are given a medical exam and vocational and psychiatric assessments to determine what additional services are needed.
Service Provider: CONVENANT HOUSE
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: CHARANZA CONTRACTING, INC.
Project Value: $30,450
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
Beds Added: 0
People Served Annually: 108
Completed: 2010
April 26, 2012 – HomeAid Houston, a 501 c 3 charity that builds transitional housing for Houston's homeless, has joined efforts with Darling Homes to overhaul the community kitchen that serves 100 formerly homeless male and female veterans who range in age from 28 to 83. These individuals live at the De George at Union Station in downtown Houston. This is a single room occupancy facility, meaning each resident has their own room with a bed, dresser, desk, small bathroom, microwave and mini-frig. The vets share a small community kitchen that has seen better days.
Service Provider: DEGEORGE AT UNION STATION
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: DARLING HOMES
Project Value: $6,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF THEIR COMMUNITY KITCHEN FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
People Served Annually: 80
Completed: 2012
HomeAid Houston has approved the construction of a 5100 square foot Family Day Center for Family Promise of Lake Houston. First America Homes, a Division of The Signorelli Company, has volunteered to be the Builder Captain for the project and Sergio Astorga, of Arte Architects, will be the project's architect. Fundraising for the project is progressing well and an early 2018 groundbreaking and construction start is anticipated.
Service Provider: Family Promise of Lake Houston
Location: Humble, Texas
Builder Partners: First America Homes an affiliate of The Signorelli Company
With permitting underway, anticipation is high as construction will soon begin, on HomeAid Houston's Fort Bend Family Promise (FBFP) project. Builder Captain Long Lake, Ltd., under the leadership of Craig Jones, will construct a Family Day Center with materials and services donated by GHBA members. In December, team members from HomeAid Houston, Long Lake Ltd., Arte Architecture and Fort Bend Family Promise gathered to review initial plans and discuss construction schedules and vendor contributions and commitments.
Service Provider: FORT BEND FAMILY PROMISE
Location: MISSOURI CITY
Builder Partners: LONG LAKE, LTD
Project Value: $892,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A DAY CENTER FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES
People Served Annually: 1200
Completed: 2015
Freedom Place, a program of Arrow Child & Family Ministries, is a sanctuary that bridges the gap from victim to victor. Girls who have been rescued from sex trafficking are given an opportunity to restore their lives through the comprehensive care and services they receive at Freedom Place. In 2017, HomeAid will be working with GHBA members to renovate a cottage on the grounds of this agency campus, to provide longer term housing for girls needing a bit more time on the Freedom Place campus.
Service Provider: Freedom Place, a program of Arrow Child & Family Ministries
Location: Houston
Project Value: $50,000
Work Performed: Renovation of "The Caretaker's Cottage"
Builder Captain MHI has created beautiful, functional and durable environments for the homeless women and children who will come to live at Gracewood on their Elmview campus. These projects would not have been possible without the dedication of MHI and their incredible staff, who have given so much of their time to obtain donations of labor and material and oversee the building of this home with care and excellence.
Service Provider: GRACEWOOD / ELMVIEW #1 AND #3
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: MHI
Project Value: $1,200,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF TWO HOMES FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 32
People Served Annually: 102
Completed: 2009
HomeAid Houston, a Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) charity was joined by Legend Homes/Princeton Classic Homes at the ceremonial groundbreaking of a 7400 sq. ft., residential facility to be built for Gracewood. The facility, located at 1617 Elmview Drive, is the third and final home, completing that location's campus. Gracewood, a charity of Children at Heart Ministries, provides housing for mothers and their children who need a safe haven from crisis situations. The new home will include housing for five mothers and their children as well as administrative, support services, and counseling offices.
Service Provider: GRACEWOOD AT ELMVIEW
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: LEGEND HOMES / PRINCETON CLASSIC HOMES
Project Value: $1,250,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A GROUP COTTAGE FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 16
People Served Annually: 51
Completed: 2013
HomeAid Houston, along with award-winning Remodeler Captain Brothers Strong, worked with generous vendors and suppliers on a green remodel of Gracewood’s 3665 square foot home on their existing campus. This project was Houston’s first ANSI-approved green remodel and the resulting construction provided a beautiful, energy efficient home for the mothers and children of Gracewood.
Service Provider: Gracewood, A Children At Heart Ministry
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: Brothers Strong
Project Value: $336,000
Work Performed: Renovation of the
Beds Added: 15
People Served Annually: 48
Completed: 2010
HomeAid Houston returns to Gracewood's Spring Branch campus, partnering with Builder Captain David Weekley Homes, to begin construction of what will eventually be eight duplexes providing longer term, permanent supportive housing for mothers and children. A 2018 start if anticipated.
Service Provider: Gracewood, A Children At Heart Ministry
Location: Spring Branch
Builder Partners: David Weekley Homes
Beds Added: 48
When Drayton and Elizabeth McLane gave the winning bid for HomeAid Houston's 2010 Project Playhouse by David Weekley Homes, little did they know they were actually buying 16 beautiful new shower stalls for the Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC).
Service Provider: HOUSTON AREA WOMEN’S CENTER
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: WILLIAM SHAW AND ASSOCIATES
Project Value: $26,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF 16 SHOWER STALLS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Beds Added: N/A
People Served Annually: 204
Completed: 2011
Krause Children's Center for severely troubled girls, ages 12 to 17, is in need of updates and repairs to its facility in the Katy, Texas area.
Service Provider: Krause Children's Center
Location: Katy
Builder Partners: Brandon Lynch, Keechi Creek Builders
Project Value: $10,000
Work Performed: Renovation of the cafeteria -- windows, doors and cabinetry
People Served Annually: 50
Completed: 2015
Since December 24, 1995, The Krause Children’s Center has been treating abused, neglected, and troubled boys and girls from the entire State of Texas. Treatment includes individual therapy, group therapy, spiritual care, and their own award winning charter school.
Service Provider: KRAUSE CHILDRENS CENTER
Location: KATY, TEXAS
Builder Partners: DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES AND BAYER CUSTOM HOMES
Project Value: $25,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF THEIR LOBBY AND RECEPTION AREA
People Served Annually: 112
Completed: 2009
The Mission of Yahweh has empowered homeless and abused women and their children for over 40 years in Houston. In 2006, a 16 unit dormitory for women and children in crisis was dedicated.
Service Provider: MISSION OF YAHWEH
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: DOYLE STUCKEY HOMES AND GREEN MOUNTAIN BUILDING COMPANY
Project Value: $350,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A 16 UNIT DORMITORY FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 16
People Served Annually: 51
Completed: 2006
Mission of Yahweh (MOY) hosted an open house February 12th, 2013, to celebrate the completion of renovations to the Sister Gay Children's Home, which adds dignified housing for 40 women and children. HomeAid was able to aid in the renovation by working with GHBA vendors and suppliers to get donations of materials. Dal-Tile donated over $5000 worth of tile, enabling MOY to renovate two multi-person bathrooms. In addition, Bison Building Products provided doors at a discounted price and Darling Homes donated a Bosch washer and dryer.
Service Provider: MISSION OF YAHWEH
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: DOYLE STUCKEY HOMES AND GREEN MOUNTAIN BUILDING COMPANY
Project Value: $350,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A 16 UNIT DORMITORY FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 16
People Served Annually: 51
Completed: 2006
Montgomery County Youth Services is a program established in Conroe, Texas to provide short and long term shelter for youth, ages 10 -17, who are in crisis. These programs provide safety, security, support and structure to youth in need, who are typically in the custody of TDFPS, juvenile services or are a private placement from the community.
Service Provider: MONTGOMERY COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES
Location: CONROE, TEXAS
Builder Partners: GRANDVIEW BUILDERS AND GHBA’S MCBD&D
Project Value: $30,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A 600 SF CONDITIONED STORAGE SPACE FOR HOMELESS YOUTH
Beds Added: 0
People Served Annually: 70
Completed: 2010
HomeAid Houston and Remodeler Captain John Gillette with Craftsmanship by John joined the Open Door Mission to dedicate the completion of renovations at the Mission's East End location. The team converted an exterior space into two offices for counseling services. As the Remodeler Captain, Gillette donated his time and crew. The Open Door Mission offers a drug/alcohol recovery program, convalescent care, educational and vocational opportunities, low-income transitional housing and other services for men.
Service Provider: OPEN DOOR MISSION
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: CRAFTSMANSHIP BY JOHN
Project Value: $31,500
Work Performed: CREATION OF NEW OFFICES, FURNISHING OF RECEPTION AREA FOR MEN WHO ARE HOMELESS
People Served Annually: 144
Completed: 2011
HomeAid Houston and Presbyterian Children's Homes and Services (PCHAS), recently announced their partnership to build four duplexes for single parents on property owned by St. John's Presbyterian Church in southwest Houston.
Service Provider: PRESBYTERIAN CHILDRENS HOMES AND SERVICES
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: RYLAND HOMES
Project Value: $1,109,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR DUPLEXES FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 21
People Served Annually: 67
Completed: 2014
Frankel Building Group teamed up with HomeAid Houston in 2012 to provide a complete remodel of the client intake area at SEARCH's downtown facility.
Service Provider: SEARCH
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: FRANKEL BUILDING GROUP
Project Value: $36,650
Work Performed: REMODELING OF CLIENT INTAKE AREA
People Served Annually: 144
Completed: 2012
Greymark Construction partnered with GHBA members and supporters to remodel three common area rooms, used by female veterans at Santa Maria Hostel's Jacquelyn House location. The rooms were renovated to create a peaceful and beautiful environment where the veterans could relax, journal, visit, fix a snack, watch television.
Service Provider: Santa Maria Hostel
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: Greymark Construction
Project Value: $30,000
Work Performed: Remodel of three common area rooms, used by homeless female veterans
People Served Annually: 96
Completed: 2013
The Greater Houston Builders Association's Custom Builders Council (CBC), and HomeAid Houston were partners in a recent remodel project for Santa Maria Hostel, an agency that provides a supportive program for women struggling to rebuild their lives. Brandon Lynch with Keechi Creek Builders led members of the CBC and other volunteers in a complete remodel of Santa Maria's multi-purpose room where residents hold meetings and education classes, and where they also gather with family members to celebrate holidays and other special occasions. The entire project was a collaboration of donated labor, material and time by dozens of individuals and companies.
Service Provider: SANTA MARIA HOSTEL
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: GHBA CUSTOM BUILDERS COUNCIL
Project Value: $25,500
Work Performed: REMODEL OF THEIR MEETING ROOM FOR HOMELESS WOMEN RECOVERING FROM ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE
People Served Annually: N/A
Completed: 2014
Team members responsible for a make-over of the lobby and guest bathroom at the Santa Maria Hostel shelter in northwest Houston, gathered to celebrate the project's completion in November by dedicating the space. HomeAid Houston, a Greater Houston Builders Association charity worked with team members Dennis Haws, the project's Remodeler Captain and owner of All Star Construction and Leslie King with Greymark Construction to complete the renovation called Project Welcome Home. By Design Interiors donated the design work and acquisition of furnishings and accessories and the Women Contractors Association provided the underwriting of the project through their "Boots & Bling" fund raiser. One of the functions of the shelter is to provide housing for female veterans facing homelessness.
Service Provider: Santa Maria Hostel
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: All Star Construction and By Design Interiors
Project Value: $31,000
Work Performed: Remodel of the lobby
People Served Annually: 96
Completed: 2011
The Santa Maria Hostel Bonita House complex consists of eight buildings with 60 apartment units and two 16-bed dormitories. The facility provides a safe haven for up to 199 women and children, seeking healing from drug and alcohol addiction.
Service Provider: SANTA MARIA HOSTEL’S BONITA HOUSE
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: LENNAR HOMES, BEAZER HOMES AND DAVIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION
Project Value: $3,200,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF A 199 BED FACILITY FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 199
People Served Annually: 637
Completed: 2005
Greymark Construction is again partnering with HomeAid Houston, to serve the women and children of Santa Maria Hostel's Bonita House. When the agency called and asked if HomeAid would consider redesigning and building a new reception area for their lobby, Leslie King, of Greymark Construction, replied "of course!!"
Service Provider: Santa Maria Hostel
Location: Houston
Builder Partners: Greymark Construction
Project Value: $5,000
Work Performed: remodel of reception area
Completed: 2016
"Project Independence" was a HomeAid / GHBA Remodelers Council Care project designed to renovate and restore five apartments and two common area bathrooms for Santa Maria's Spring Branch location. These apartments are used by Santa Maria in their effort to support and serve homeless female Veterans.
Service Provider: SANTA MARIA HOSTEL’S “PROJECT INDEPENDENCE”
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: GHBA’S REMODELERS COUNCIL
Project Value: $29,500
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF FIVE APARTMENTS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
Beds Added: 30
People Served Annually: 96
Completed: 2010
SEARCH Homeless Services pursues a mission of providing hope, creating opportunity and transforming lives of homeless men women and children. SEARCH grew out of an ecumenical group of churches and synagogues who believed that homeless people need more than a bed and a meal; they need a future.
Service Provider: S.E.A.R.C.H. HOUSE OF TINY TREASURES
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION’S REMODELERS COUNCIL
Project Value: $25,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF THE “BABY HOUSE’, ADDITION OF HANDICAPPED RAMPS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS ARE HOMELESS
Beds Added: 0
People Served Annually: 80
Completed: 2009
Ryland Homes joined HomeAid, Newland Communities and Texas Baptist Children's Home (TBCH), a Children at Heart Ministry, to construct a 7-bedroom, 7,100-square-foot "cottage," designed for families working through crisis in the Austin area community of Round Rock. This team shares HomeAid's mission, to "Build new lives for homeless families and individuals through housing and community outreach."
Service Provider: TEXAS BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME
Location: ROUND ROCK
Builder Partners: RYLAND HOMES
Project Value: $624,700
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF COTTAGE FOR HOMELESS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN
Beds Added: 14
People Served Annually: 44
Completed: 2015
The mission of The Women's Home is to help women in crisis regain their self esteem and dignity, empowering them to return to society as productive, self sufficient individuals. Over the past 50 years The Women's Home has provided services to thousands of women seeking escape from the destructive cycles of domestic violence, mental illness and drug and alcohol abuse.
Service Provider: THE WOMEN’S HOME
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: LBJ CONSTRUCTION
Project Value: $47,570
Work Performed: RENOVATON OF THEIR “GREAT ROOM” AND EATING AREA FOR WOMEN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
People Served Annually: 83
Completed: 2010
HomeAid Houston again partners with Ryan Boyles of GB General Contractors, Inc. and Lynne Jones of Lynne T. Jones Interior Design, to provide space design and interior decorating ideas for the day room and adjoining restroom at the United States Veterans Initiative's Mid Town Terraces facility. This US Vets complex provides shelter and services to 300 homeless and formerly homeless men who have served our country.
Service Provider: UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: GB GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LYNNE T. JONES INTERIOR DESIGN, DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES
Project Value: $36,000
Work Performed: CREATION AND FURNISHING OF A DAY ROOM FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
People Served Annually: 960
Completed: 2011
Most of us take for granted something as simple as a warm, inviting game room or living room to kick back or hang out with friends and family. For the over 300 homeless veterans who are provided services and shelter at the United States Veterans Initiative's Mid Town Terraces facility, their space to relax and regroup was anything but that. The space was in dire need of an overhaul. HomeAid Houston, a Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) charity, and Sandcastle Homes are pooling experience, resources and the commitment to give back to our veterans, to renovate the facility's 1000 sq. ft. lobby. The project is being underwritten by Trendmaker Homes.
Service Provider: UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: SANDCASTLE HOMES
Project Value: $45,000
Work Performed: RENOVATION OF THE LOBBY FOR HOMELESS VETERANS
Beds Added: N/A
People Served Annually: 300
Completed: 2013
Wellsprings, Inc. was founded in 1988 by two Dominican Sisters - Sister Rita Owens and Sister Justin Farinella. After researching the availability of services for women who needed more than emergency shelter, they found there was a desperate need for stable, residential environments for women 30-50 years of age, without children in their care.
Service Provider: WELLSPRINGS VILLAGE
Location: HOUSTON
Builder Partners: DAVID WEEKLEY HOMES AND TILSON HOMES
Project Value: $1,250,000
Work Performed: CONSTRUCTION OF SIX COTTAGES FOR HOMELESS WOMEN IN CRISIS
Beds Added: 48
People Served Annually: 153
Completed: 2005
