H.O.M.E.S (Home-ownership, Opportunity, and Mentorship for Economic Success) is a coalition whose purpose is to increase home-ownership for Baltimore’s working-class families by creating opportunity, jobs for the community, and affordable housing stock that will foster strong mixed-income neighborhoods and increase the city’s tax base, thereby improving living conditions for all Baltimore City residents. We believe the the best way to achieve these goals is through The Dollar House/Dollar Lot Program for the 21st Century.
If you believe that every family deserves a fair chance at home-ownership, and that housing dollars should stay in the hands of the people, not in the pockets of wealthy developers who don’t care about our communities, then it’s time to take action.
We say no to corporate welfare for developers and yes to real opportunity for local residents. Our vision is simple: empower neighborhoods to rebuild themselves, create good jobs, and provide job training for our children — instead of exploiting vulnerable, undocumented workers.
The H.O.M.E.S. Version Dollar Program offers a proven, common-sense solution that truly works. It costs taxpayers nothing, every dollar is repaid with just one percent interest, and it strengthens our communities from the inside out.
📞 Call the Governor at (410) 974-3071 and the Mayor of Baltimore at (410) 396-7208 today.
Tell them to meet with the leaders of the H.O.M.E.S. organization and implement the H.O.M.E.S. Dollar House Program immediately.
Together, we can rebuild Baltimore — one home, one family, one neighborhood at a time.
The guiding philosophy behind H.O.M.E.S. is:
H: Home-ownership and revitalization for people who actually live in the community vs. gentrification and giveaways to a select few investors and absentee landlords.
O: Opportunity means jobs for the community, including ex-offenders returning to the community and participating in renovations.
M: Mentorship in the form of court ordered diversion to apprenticeship programs in the building trades, as opposed to mass incarceration at $38,000 per inmate.
E: Economic stability as the Dollar House Program would produce state and local income tax revenue at very livable wages. The Dollar House Program would also produce minority contracting opportunities.
S: Success is all of the above, which can be achieved with direct loans from the state at a 1% fixed rate, turning a $100,000 renovation investment loan into an affordable $300/per month mortgage for a typical Dollar House owner.
If you agree with the H.O.M.E.S. Program’s proven methodology — one that delivers truly affordable housing, real jobs and job training for our youth and returning citizens, and contracting opportunities for Black-owned businesses — then stand with us today.
The H.O.M.E.S. model keeps hundreds of millions of housing dollars circulating within the Black community, where they belong — for actual use in and by our community.
Please read the Seven Principles of the H.O.M.E.S. Program, then take action:
📞 Call the Mayor’s Office at (410) 974-3071
📞 Call the Governor’s Office at (410) 396-7208
The H.O.M.E.S. model keeps hundreds of millions of housing dollars circulating within the Black community, where they belong — for actual use in and by our community.
Please read the Seven Principles of the H.O.M.E.S. Program, then take action:
📞 Call the Mayor’s Office at (410) 974-3071
📞 Call the Governor’s Office at (410) 396-7208
Tell them to meet with the leaders of the H.O.M.E.S. organization immediately to implement this proven, self-sustaining solution.
Tell them to meet with the leaders of the H.O.M.E.S. organization immediately to implement this proven, self-sustaining solution.
Giving away our houses, land, and housing dollars to wealthy outside developers is not the answer to our housing problems. Investing in our own people is.
Please stand with us in our support of the wrongful prosecution of Ms. Marilyn J. Mosby, Esq. Sign the petition below (or click here) to show that you support a Counter Attorney Grievance being filed against State’s Attorney Ivan Bates by the Committee to Free Marilyn Mosby.