Publications & Blog
Adair and Marsh McLennan Volunteers Join Forces to Finalize an HBF Shelter Project
More than six months after closing out its project at Project Homeless Connect in Hillsboro, HBF assembled a team of volunteers to paint the original teardrop siding of the organization’s Access Center that had been covered with asbestos since the 1950’s.
HomeAid Anniversary
Home Building Foundation is celebrating a milestone this summer, marking 35 years of HomeAid's mission to end homelessness.
Extra Credit Assignments
Construction students from Sam Barlow traveled up a winding country road in a school bus, followed by a flatbed truck carrying an assignment they built for HBF.
Gala Gives Comfort
Home Building Foundation will impact the lives of hundreds of people experiencing homelessness after its 2024 Building Hope Gala and Auction. More than $500,000 was pledged during the annual dinner and auction June 1 at Tumwater Vineyards in West Linn.
Foundation Hero: Erik Brakstad
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.
Opening Doors
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.
HBF Hero: Taylor Wick
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.
Giving Goodness
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.
Ramping Up
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.