HomeAid America, the national nonprofit provider of housing and resources for people experiencing homelessness, has launched its 20th chapter in the United States in Orlando in partnership with the Greater Orlando Builders Association.
HomeAid Orlando will work with the local home building industry to develop, build and maintain housing for local nonprofits serving those experiencing homelessness.
“We are very excited to bring HomeAid’s mission of ending homelessness to Central Florida and work with an incredible group of building industry leaders to address homelessness in the greater Orlando area,” said Scott Larson, CEO of HomeAid America. “The opportunity to bring in the residential building industry to work alongside both nonprofit organizations and local government will have great success in providing direct tangible solutions for those in need of housing.”
HomeAid works directly with impactful local community-based organizations that are in need of additional capacity to provide the housing, resources and services to end homelessness. HomeAid accomplishes this by delivering design, engineering, construction and building material resources through its industry partners, who donate their time, materials and labor to rehabilitate and build new spaces to serve families and individuals experiencing homelessness.
“The homebuilding community in Central Florida is strong, diverse, and community focused,” said Russ Beymer, executive director of HomeAid Orlando. “Practically every day, the news tells use about the rampant needs of those experiencing homelessness in our hometown. HomeAid Orlando is ready to unite the Greater Orlando Builders Association members with the service provider networks working to solve these vital issues.”
Bringing HomeAid’s homeless housing development and community outreach programs to Orlando was made possible by a grant from HomeAid America and philanthropic investments from leading local and national companies including: Taylor Morrison, First American Title, Starlight Homes (an Ashton Woods Company), Builders FirstSource, Park Square Homes, Inspired Mortgage (TM Finance), James Hardie, K. Hovnanian Homes, LoanDepot, Meyers Research/Metrostudy, Richmond American Homes, and Toll Brothers.
As part of HomeAid’s national network of chapters, HomeAid Orlando will have the resources needed to obtain donated building products for its charitable projects. It will also have access to national technical assistance, a deep network of chapter resources, and a myriad of other supports.
“As home builders, it should come as no surprise that we believe everyone deserves a safe, stable and dignified place to call home,” said Brian Brunhofer, HomeAid Orlando’s newly elected board president and Taylor Morrison’s Orlando Division president. “HomeAid is a more direct opportunity for our industry to come together to help provide housing and improve the lives of those in our community experiencing homelessness.”
