Home Building Foundation likes to thank some of our outstanding volunteers by declaring them “Foundation Heroes”. We’d like to introduce you to someone who has gone above and beyond to help our projects in the past two years. Erik Brakstad of Brakstad Builders is the Construction Trainer at Tivnu: Building Justice.

We are excited to share that Neil Fernando will be the Honorary Chair for the 27th Annual Building Hope Gala & Auction, presented by RidgeCrest Custom Cabinetry.

HBF Executive Director Brenda Ketah attended the groundbreaking ceremony at Tigard's Just Compassion where they are building a new 2 story building to enhance services for people experiencing homelessness.

As Portland’s homelessness crisis made national headlines, local builders were looking for ways to help out. Home Building Foundation (HBF) was one organization that provided an outlet to connect builders to the shelter community by sponsoring volunteer work parties at shelter sites around Portland.

Each shelter project HBF completes involves hundreds of hours of work, and the generosity of the community. First, our nonprofit partners reach out to see if HBF can help repair, remodel, or build a facility to help people in need.

Home Building Foundation’s Project Manager Chris McDowell locked up the newly painted red front door of AnyDoor Place, culminating more than a year of remodeling.

We periodically honor members of the community who make a meaningful contribution to our organization. HBF would like to acknowledge Taylor Wick, who is Rick’s Custom Fencing & Decking’s Director of Marketing & Community Outreach.

HBF and members of the residential building community have been working for more than a year to shore up the aging houses that Project Homeless Connect uses to provide services.

HBF and members of the residential building community have been working for more than a year to shore up the aging houses that Project Homeless Connect uses to provide services.

In the past fiscal year, Do Good successfully housed more than 220 individuals, and our Permanent Supportive Housing programs have a 93% annual retention rate.

Our friends @scottedwardsarchitecture showed up on an October Saturday morning to build eight sturdy picnic tables. The tables are now in place at  @portlandgov Sunderland Safe Park Village.