HERO

Home Ownership

Rental Opportunities

Home Repair

Homebuyer Education

to end rural poverty in the Alabama Black Belt. As a non-profit, HERO provides economic development, community resources, housing education, and affordable housing construction.

Martin Stewart School

The Martin Stewart is a 1900s Rosenwald schoolhouse that has been renovated and repurposed into a facility for design workshops and conferences and also provides housing accommodations for 24 people.

PieLab

A collaboration with Project M, Pie Lab provides delicious pie and coffee, retail and hospitality job training for local youth and a small business initiative focused on providing resources for local entrepreneurs.

North Ward Subdivision

Built in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Hale County, Inc., Regions Bank and Auburn University Rural Studio , North Ward contains 20 single family homes in a mixed income community within walking distance of downtown.

Rammed Earth Subdivision

The Rammed Earth community created 4 homes in partnership with Auburn University DESIGNhabitat, Habitat for Humanity Hale County, Inc. and HUD Youthbuild to serve the community with green building technologies.

Whelan House

In 2008, with the support of UBBT, HERO was able to restore the Whelan House, a two bedroom home on Whelan Street, turned into the Project M Lab in 2008 and has since become the new location of the HERO office.

Bunkhouse

With the participation and fundraising efforts of the Ultimate Black Belt Test, HERO was able to renovate a house on Market Street which is now equipped with a full kitchen, two full bathrooms and bunks for up to 12 volunteers.

Caldwell Creek

Through a partnership with Fannie Mae, Regions Bank, Raymond James, Bennett & Company, Alabama Housing Finance Authority and Hollyhand Realty, HERO was able to bring a new 32 unit mixed income neighborhood to Greensboro.

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