A Message f rom the CEO

“Never before.” I can confidently say we have experienced changes and challenges this past year like “never before.”

• Never before has the demand for our mission’s work been higher.

• Never before have the costs of our mission’s work been higher.

• Never before have the opportunities to execute our mission’s work been higher.

Recently, we opened our website for housing applications. Within 30 minutes, it crashed, as the demand volume was overwhelming. Even though we were soon back online, we still had to shut down after the first day, because the number of applications far exceeded our ability to produce. And we produce more affordable single-family housing than anyone in the state!

Unprecedented times call for innovation and courage. That is our battle cry. We will NOT allow these times, and the barriers that come with them, to make us faint of heart. We are charging forward, linking arms with YOU, our supporters and friends.

As we enter our 25th year, we will strive for a different phrase going forward—“ever before.” This year, we will:

• Build more affordable houses than ever before.

• Expand our Men’s Workforce Development program to a higher level of excellence than ever before.

• Connect more clients to economic mobility opportunities than ever before.

Having developed 676 homes to date as of this writing, we currently have 202 more in the building queue over the next 18 months, and are working on over 250 more for future development. Having graduated 326 men from our Workforce Development Program, we are expanding the program by 50 percent in order to serve more.

Having invested $99,409,079 into communities across the state, we are pursuing more investment and the resulting connection to resources for those we serve.

Please enjoy reading about our work, our core principles and values, our strategies, and more importantly, the stories of those impacted. This report is our brief attempt to show that through this work, generational change is not only possible, it’s happening right in our backyards, and we want you to be a part of it. Will you join us in linking arms together in this mission and work?

Don Oglesby President / CEO

AVERAGE NUMBER OF TIMES PER MONTH WE WERE CONTACTED BY PEOPLE IN NEED OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING