Home Builders Association Donates $20,000 to L'Arche St. Louis
July 8, 2024
The Home Builders Association (HBA), on behalf of the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF), presented a $20,000 donation to L’Arche St. Louis director of development Emma Pieper.
The donation will be used to help build a new house to serve as a lifetime home to four aging adult clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities and four full-time, live-in caregivers. The ADA-compliant, Universally Designed home is being built in Brentwood, Mo. The organization currently has three such homes in the St. Louis area, two in Maplewood and one in Webster Groves. HBA member company Compass Design Build is the general contractor for the new home construction project.
The HBA is a local trade association of more than 600 member firms representing the residential construction industry. The Home Builders Charitable Foundation, the HBA’s charitable arm, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing housing assistance to people or organizations with special shelter needs.