What are the benefits of building a home for the poor?

Perhaps you’re wondering what type of long-term impact the home will have. First and foremost, you are taking people out of living hell and placing them into a life of dignity, safety and security or as we like to say, “Moving from misery to poverty, one family at a time!” HMI and the families we serve are forever grateful.

There are five main benefits, however, to a family receiving a home:

Economic Impact - A debt-free home helps leverage families out of poverty. Funds previously needed to treat sick children and help them survive can now be used to purchase school supplies and other necessities. HMI is also employing 75 men on the construction team and purchases all supplies and building materials locally.

Educational Impact - A stable environment encourages learning. A child who lives in a decent home is much more likely to attend school and continue their education.

 Health Impact - Eliminating dirt floors and exposure to the elements improves their overall quality of life and reduces sickness. Having a concrete floor alone reduces the incidence of all sorts of diseases but especially diarrhea.

Social & Emotional Impact - The emotional well-being of family members stabilizes as basic issues of survival are eliminated. Family life is strengthened, and they can start thinking about the future. These homes lift each family out of misery and raise them to a level of poverty where they have dignity, self-respect, joy, hope and understand love in action.

Spiritual Impact - Your practical demonstration of God’s love for them inspires a desire to want to give back. As each home is completed and dedicated, the family is presented with an image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and encouraged to pray daily for all who have given to bring about this miracle in their lives and to pray for all their friends and family members who are in need.

HMI is currently building 3 homes per month at the cost of $9,000 per home at will complete home #417 by the end of 2025.

Would you like to help? Go to the donation tab and pick House Construction:

Each Home cost $9,000

Half a House $4,500 ($4,500 match will come from the Silent Auction)

$4500 covers half of the cost of the home and it can be dedicated in honor or in memory of a loved one

Foundation and Walls $2,000

$2000 will help to pay for the foundation and walls of one of the homes

Rafters and Roof $1,000

$1000 will help to pay for the wooden rafters and to place the tin on the roof of one of our homes

Carpentry and Masonry Labor $500

$500 will help to pay for Carpentry and Masonry Labor

Tin Roof $250

$250 will help to pay for the tin for the roof of one of our homes

Wooden Shutters and Paint $100

$100 will help to pay for the wooden shutters on the homes and paint