Winthrop’s Interior Design Organization (IDO) and Sustainability Task Force are teaming up to bring students a chance to work with Builders of Hope.
According to the Builders of Hope website, the company commits itself to providing safe and affordable housing by recycling materials found in older homes. The company strives to put roofs over the heads of impoverished Americans who have difficulty receiving loans.
When reusing resources from older dilapidated homes, the initial investment cost is lowered, thus allowing the final cost of the home to be cheaper, according to the organization’s website. Builders of Hope hire local contractors to bring jobs to communities. They also help individuals with employment barriers through a Work Mentor program that provides valuable on-site job training and life skills to maintain employment. Builders of Hope not only builds the houses, they own the homes as well, which allows the homes to stay at an affordable rental rate.
Jennifer Belk, the faculty advisor to the IDO, said that students can get involved with helping Builders of Hope by working alongside the firm in a project that will renovate and relocate thousands of portable school trailers in Dallas, Texas. They will be used to create a community for the elderly that will allow them to live independently.
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