Building Homes for Heroes

Building Homes for Heroes constructs, modifies, and gifts mortgage-free homes to our injured veterans and their families, as well as Gold Star families, enabling them to build better and brighter lives. These homes help to remove the family’s financial burden, to restore the individual’s freedom, and to support the veteran to lead a more independent and productive civilian life. All homes we gift are modeled to meet the needs of a physically and/or psychologically disabled veteran and their family, helping to improve their day-to-day quality of life, and assist them in leading a hopeful and promising future ahead.

How to Apply

Step 1. Do you qualify? 

• You have been, or will be, honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.
• If applying for the Home Award Program, you or your spouse cannot currently own a home or land.
• If applying for Home Modifications, the Veterans name must be on the deed to the home.

Step 2. Read Program Details

• Homes are awarded to injured and disabled veterans, as well as Gold Star families, who are not currently homeowners on an availability basis.
• Home Modifications are awarded to injured and disabled veterans, as well as Gold Star families, who are currently homeowners.
• Read more here: https://buildinghomesforheroes.org/home-program-details/

Step 3. Gather Required Info

• DD Form 214, Certificate of Release/Discharge from Active Duty
• VA Benefits Letter
• Photos to help tell your story (military service, before injury, during recovery, after recovery, family photos, updated photos, etc.)
• Two (2) Letters of Recommendation (a minimum of one (1) must be from a Case Worker or Veteran Advocate)
• Release of Information Waiver and Photo Waiver

Step 4: Fill out the Application

• Home Award: https://buildinghomesforheroes.org/apply-for-home-building-program/
• Home Modifications: https://buildinghomesforheroes.org/apply-for-home-modification/

With economic challenges causing significant hardship across the country, more families are struggling than ever before. Our Emergency Funding program allows us to help Veterans, Gold Star families, and First Responders during these hard financial times, as well as in sudden life-altering moments in their lives.

How to Apply

Step 1. Do you qualify? 

• You have been, or will be, honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.

Step 2. Read Program Details

Emergency Funding grants are awarded to injured and disabled Veterans, as well as Gold Star families and First Responders, who are facing financial hardship on an availability basis.

Read more here: https://buildinghomesforheroes.org/home-program-details-copy/

Step 3. Gather Required Info

• DD Form 214 or Word document detailing your specific situation and discharge date
• VA Benefits letter

Step 4: Fill out the Application

If you feel you are in need of assistance greater than the amount of $500.00, please contact us for further assistance at applications@buildinghomesforheroes.org

Apply for assistance here: https://buildinghomesforheroes.org/apply-for-emergency-funding-program/

Building Homes for Heroes goes above and beyond to support our Veterans, Gold Star families, and First Responders by providing a fundamental basis for family connectivity, hope and healing, camaraderie, and communication. One major aspect of this in 2023 was the growth of our programs to help with physical health and mental wellness. To accomplish this, we’ve sponsored hundreds of workshops and retreats across the country that trained veterans and first responders with essential skills that aim to improve their every-day well-being, their mental health and performance, their physical fitness, and their quality of life.

Ranging from traditional to innovative support, we were able to support more than 1,600 heroes in 2023 alone and hope to support more than 2,500 heroes in 2024. We have supported veterans who climb the world’s tallest mountains, and those who participate in adaptive sports, such as the Warrior Games, the Invictus Games and other international competitions. We also host an annual team building family retreat, bringing together more than 200 of our veteran home recipients and their family members for three days of family fun, friendly competition, connectivity, the forming of new friendships and spirited camaraderie. This program has also been extremely beneficial for our veterans, allowing them to regain their military camaraderie with fellow servicemen and women. It helps them understand that they are not defined by their injuries and that they can overcome them. With more support, we strive to further grow this program on a national scale. With reports of as many as 23 veteran suicides a day, we’re finding these programs to be among our most important as we envision the future ahead.