HBF’s Workforce outreach program took the opportunity to enlighten budding builders this summer. The 2024 NW Natural Street of Dreams provided an incredible opportunity to show the best of the best in home construction.

The National Home Builders Association awarded Home Building Association and Home Building Foundation of Greater Portland a 2023 Association Excellence Award for “Best Workforce Development Plan Implemented”.

The graduates were also offered a special “Meet and Greet” with employers in the offices of Green Hammer Design Build. Much like “speed dating”, the trainees cycled through tables of employers every five minutes.

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.