Needs From: Volunteer Houston

Company Description
Young Homeowners League is a 501c3 nonprofit to empower high schoolers and other youths to work, save, buy land, build starter homes, and become young homeowners.
Revolving fund will be used to acquire lower priced land to develop into lots, with target cost $30k each.
Our first focus area is within the City of Houston with sewer line, and our second is communities within a one-hour commute of Houston.
We organize youths into project teams with experienced members to build starter homes, 1000 to 1400 sqft size, starting $120/sqft.
Young team members earn the majority share (80%) of project labor costs, with experienced members receiving 20%.
Team members have priority to purchase the homes they help build, at cost.

Role Description
An Affordable Homeownership Champion is an unpaid volunteer role, unless actively participating in construction work, in which case compensation comes from the experienced members portion (20%) of labor costs.
Champions can contribute in one or more of the following ways:
1. Help future homeowners, including yourself, plan to work, save, build credit, invest in land, support the construction of starter homes, and prepare for homeowner.
2. Support or supervise construction teams (ideal for teachers, retirees, tradespeople, or business professionals) building starter homes, especially part-time or during summer.
3. If you own land or a home and need a shed or smaller home built, consider placing an order through our project teams. Shed reference $35/sqft. Home within 1400 sqft reference $120/sqft
4. Help connect us with organizations offering grants or low-interest loans for our land revolving fund.
5. If you can put money into our revolving fund as a loan, let’s talk.
6. Help design starter homes that are attractive, efficient, using lower cost materials, and easier to build especially for less experienced youths.

Company Description
Young Homeowners League (YHL), a 501c3 nonprofit, promotes affordable homeownership through education and developing more starter homes.

We target base starter home as 4-bedroom, 1000 ft² and $150,000 cost.
We also arrange 50% ownership $75,000, and 25% ownership $40,000 with exclusive use of a bedroom.

Homeownership Planning Corps is a nonprofit coalition, led by YHL, dedicated to helping future homeowners plan early to work, save, and build strong credit so they can achieve homeownership while still young.

This is a part-time unpaid volunteer role for the Captain of Homeownership Planning Corps at a place of work and is supported in the Houston, TX area. The Captain will be responsible for leading and coordinating homeownership planning advocating programs at the community.
1. Start a Homeownership Planning Corps club or group at your place of work, with permission or support from the management or HR.
2. Attract more co-workers to join.
3. Assist each non-homeowner member to create a homeownership plan and update it at least once a year until becoming homeowner.
4. Arrange discussions, workshops, and events. YHL can provide speakers. Contact YHL if need help.
5. Coordinate members who like to buy land together (to reduce cost) or buy homes in the same area, or co-buy homes.
6. Produce social media material for sharing experiences.

Qualifications
Must be employed and interested in helping co-workers to become homeowners