Newport
Beach, CA. (March 7, 2017)
– HomeAid America, a building industry charity and one of the nation’s largest
builders of housing for the homeless, announced today that Sheryl Palmer, Taylor
Morrison Homes’ President and CEO, and Dave Kosco, Bassenian Lagoni Architect’s
Senior Principal and Director of Design, have joined their Board of Directors. Ms. Palmer will also be joining the Board’s
Executive Committee.
“We are extremely excited
and fortunate to be adding two industry leaders like Sheryl Palmer and Dave
Kosco to our Board of Directors,” said Peter Simons, CEO of HomeAid America. “Sheryl is one of the leading homebuilder
CEOs in the country and has led Taylor Morrison to great success during her
tenure, during which the company has ramped up its involvement with a number of
HomeAid’s local chapters. The passion
she has for our cause will now be taken to a national level at Taylor Morrison,
and with her on both our Board and Executive Committee, we will greatly benefit
from her leadership.”
“Partnering with builders of housing for the
homeless intensifies our ability to reduce homelessness and improve the quality
of life for individuals and families across the nation,” said Palmer. “Taylor
Morrison’s team members are passionate about giving back to the communities in
which we build, and we hope to help HomeAid expand their local chapters’
presence into more markets where we operate.”
“We are also fortunate
to be adding a leader of one of the nation’s top architectural firms—Bassenian
Lagoni—with the election of Dave Kosco to our Board.” Simons added. “Bassenian
Lagoni has been a partner of HomeAid for literally decades, and Dave and has
been involved in a number of their efforts to support us. He is well respected in the industry and has
a heart for our cause that will be invaluable as we seek to help more families
and individuals experiencing homelessness across the country.”
“Providing shelter to the temporarily homeless must be
our first step to ending this problem permanently,” said David Kosco, AIA,
Senior Principal and Director of Design at Bassenian Lagoni.
“HomeAid, as the home building industry’s own charitable organization, is in
the perfect place to lead this effort and I am honored to be a part of this
important work.”
HomeAid is in its 28th
year of helping those who are homeless through the construction of housing for
charities working to get those in need of shelter not only housed but
permanently back on their feet. Homelessness
remains a major problem in this country, and its causes are numerous and
diverse, including job loss, medical crisis, domestic abuse, substance
addiction, and post-traumatic stress syndrome in veterans. Indeed, 80% of these families and individuals
are situationally homeless and can be moved back to self-sufficiency with the
right help at the right time.
ABOUT HOMEAID AMERICA
HomeAid is a leading national non-profit
provider of housing for homeless families and individuals, founded in Southern
California in 1989. Through the
generosity of builders, their trades and their suppliers, HomeAid has completed
475 multi-unit housing projects nationwide at a value of more than $215
million, of which nearly 50 percent—over $100 million—has been donated by the
building industry. HomeAid currently has 70 additional projects in development
across the country. HomeAid has added over 9,000 beds in facilities helping the
homeless through HomeAid’s network of 17 active chapters in 12 states across
the country. These beds have been used by over 270,000 previously homeless
people over HomeAid’s history. For more
information about HomeAid, call 1-888-3HOMEAID or visit www.homeaid.org.