Program Overview – Black Women Build

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Black Women Build – Baltimore is a home ownership and wealth building initiative built on an intersectional model. Our goal is to create opportunities for Black women, and their communities, to thrive.

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HOME OWNERSHIP

Our program is an innovative home ownership initiative that works with Black women to rehabilitate vacant and deteriorated homes. Our holistic program integrates knowledge, skill, and opportunity. We meet M-Th 9-5 for 4 months and participants have the opportunity to purchase the home upon completion.

CREATING COMMUNITY

We want to help create, support, and nurture thriving communities.
Our hope is that the rehabilitation of these West Baltimore homes, and their first-time Black women homeowners, is a spark that can inspire change, build lasting connections between community members, and be a catalyst for positive growth.

BUILDING SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

The power of knowledge and skills is life changing. We want Black women to be able to take care of their home and not be intimidated by what’s behind the walls.

+ POTENTIAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The knowledge and skills learned during the build can also open doors to job opportunities in the Building Trades with reliable income.

FINANCIAL EDUCATION

Financial education and training create a foundation of knowledge that can help participants leverage their assets.

Participants in our program earn a Home Ownership Counseling certificate from a city-approved counseling agency at start of each build. We compliment this education with weekly workshops during the build that cater to specific needs of the individual cohorts.

Learn more about the build process and the day-to-day experience

project location

Druid Heights

Baltimore, MD 21217

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Creating community, knowledge, and wealth together.

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This project is supported in part by:

Black Women Build-Baltimore is committed to equal employment, participation, and volunteer opportunity without regard to age, ancestry, disability, national or ethnic origin, race, religious belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, political belief, or veteran status.