What We Do At HomeAid

HomeAid was created and is supported by the building industry to address and solve the problem of homelessness. Our mission is to build and maintain dignified housing where homeless families and individuals can rebuild their lives. HomeAid is the only organization of its type that utilizes professional management and construction personnel to build the projects and the only one able to generate significant leverage as a result of the donations of the homebuilding industry and contractors.

HomeAid, working with Shelter Service Providers, builds the facilities where the temporarily homeless learn the skills to re-enter the mainstream while living in dignified surroundings. Owned and operated by non-profit care providers, these shelters typically include counseling and job training as core components of their programs - ultimately offering "a hand up, not a hand out."

The HomeAid model mobilizes members of the building industry to donate labor, materials and expertise, allowing the shelter provider to concentrate on funds for operating the shelter. As the Charitable Arm of the Building Industry Association, HomeAid Northern California acts as the shelter developer and liaison between county homeless care providers, the community at large, volunteers, residential builders and their partners.