About HomeAid Austin
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The Basics
HomeAid Austin is a local affiliate of HomeAid. We attack the reality of homelessness with a unique and collaborative approach. Through housing development and community engagement, our mission is to help those experiencing homelessness to build new lives.
Vision Statement
HomeAid’s vision is to be a vital force in creating safe and dignified housing and programmatic facilities for those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Mission Statement
HomeAid’s mission is to help people experiencing or at risk of homelessness build new lives through construction, community engagement, and education.
Core Values
Inclusiveness: Valuing that every individual has worth and human dignity through a willingness to help our neighbors in times of need and to understand the unique stories behind each individual we serve.
Collaboration: Embracing working together as a community to achieve what is not possible alone.
Integrity: Ensuring that everything we do is accomplished with a sense of responsibility, honesty, respect, confidence, and a commitment to stay consistently aligned with our mission.
The Power of a Triangle
The Triangle is one of the most simple shapes yet it exudes strength, stability and can bear the weight cast upon it from a variety of angles. The Triangle is often found in various elements of construction including building support and trusses. Equally as strong, are the three sides of HomeAid’s Triangle, as they are each critical components to fulfilling our mission and clearly demonstrate how HomeAid exists to serve those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
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Construction
Building quality & dignified housing is essential to our mission.
Community Engagement
It takes a community to build and rebuild a community.
Education
Let’s help empower one another through education.
HomeAid Essentials Program - Food and Socks for LifeWorks Austin
HomeAid Essentials Program - Art Supplies for CASA of Travis County
HomeAid Austin
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Tiny Home Project
Roxanne's House Renovation
HomeAid Austin Tiny Homes
SAFE Renovation
HomeAid Austin Tiny Homes
HomeAid Austin Tiny Homes
HomeAid Austin History
We attack the reality of homelessness with a unique and collaborative approach.
Although our mission gives us broad latitude to engage in building projects across the entire Continuum of Care, from emergency shelters to transitional housing to permanent supportive housing, every HomeAid project supports an agency that provides services that help residents move toward self-sufficiency, such as education and job skills training, physical and emotional support, etc.
Aligning with local and national builders as well as local homeless service agencies, HomeAid Austin has created a unique approach to building housing projects for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
The process of building a HomeAid housing project begins with identifying a local homeless care provider agency and determining their particular need — possibly a cottage to serve abused children or duplexes for disabled veterans, for example.
Once the need and location have been identified, a builder captain is chosen from our builder partners to manage the construction or renovation of the housing project. The builder captain also secures trade donors such as carpenters, plumbers, insulators, and roofers, to provide labor, materials, and other services. Vendors are also an important part of our projects as they donate and offer discounted appliances and other materials. Finally, the housing project is built or renovated, typically with an average cost savings of 50%.
HomeAid turns the housing project over to the local homeless service agency, which then owns and operates it, as well as provides many services to assist families in becoming self-sufficient. Homeless service agencies offer free job training, counseling, and vocational skills learning opportunities to their residents.
HomeAid Austin is one of 19 local Affiliates across 13 states.
HomeAid is a leading nonprofit developer of housing and programmatic facilities for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
“Thank you HomeAid for being the goodness in our community!”
— Alan Graham, CEO and Founder, Mobile Loaves & Fishes