Education Based Housing, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to provide safe and affordable housing to low-income families, while offering our families and individuals the educational tools they need to better provide for themselves as well as the ability to pass these tools on to future generations.

Building Communities, Educating Families, Providing the Foundation for a Better Future.

- Educating Families - Education Based Housing, Inc. educates families within the communities we serve by offering classes such as GED, English as a second language, computer software training, parenting classes, personal and group counseling, and health and nutrition classes.

- Building Communities – Through social activities, such as book clubs, holiday gatherings, children’s crafts and story time, as well as on site day care centers, we strive to build a cohesive environment where area families feel safe and take pride in maintaining their community.

- Providing the Foundation for a Better Future – By expanding the knowledge and comfort level that individuals and families have with a variety of work-related skills, we are able to help broaden our families' opportunities and empower each member with practical new tools. With a variety of trainings including medical assistant and accounting specialist trainings, our class attendees are more equipped to seek better jobs and more educational opportunities to be positive role models in their family and community.

History

Education Based Housing, Inc. (EBH) was started in 1999 to combine three basic components: education, housing, and job skills training. Through the housing tax-credit program, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs encourages developers to build safe, attractive, and affordable housing communities. EBH has partnered with such developers to provide these services for their residents.

Plum Creek Townhomes	Houston, Texas	1999
Park at Clear Creek	Hempstead, Texas	1999
Villas at Willow Springs	San Marcos, Texas	2001
Timber Ridge Apartments	Houston, Texas	2002
Windsor Gardens Apartments	South Houston, Texas	2003
Woodway Village Apartments	Austin, Texas	2004
Woodway Square Apartments	Austin, Texas	2004
Timber Ridge, Phase II	Houston, Texas	2004
Tranquility Bay Apartments	Pearland, Texas	2005
Providence Place Apartments (ages 55 and over)	Katy, Texas	2007
Quail Ridge Apartments	Hempstead, Texas	2007

EBH was started in 1999 because we saw that there was a lack of educational and technological services available to single parent families. Our families had the desire to improve their quality of living, but lacked the resources to achieve their goals. By partnering with educational institutions, youth organizations and technology based companies, EBH was able to implement a program geared towards teaching GED classes, drug and gang prevention, financial planning, jobs skills training, and parenting skills all on site to enable the residents to participate without leaving the property. This was achieved by offering accredited day-care centers on-site, after school enrichment programs, education centers with computer labs, and fiber-optic network internet access in each apartment unit.

The success we have had over the past few years specifically with our GED program has been phenomenal. We have educated and assisted over 100 new GED graduates and High School Graduates. There have been well over 49 students who have received acceptance letters to colleges as well as financial aid assistance. We currently have 12 students enrolled in college courses. Additionally, we have other GED graduates who have gone onto vocational colleges and most have obtained better jobs as a result. Our success has been acknowledged by North Harris College and as a result, of our student’s accomplishments, several have participated in the North Harris College and Houston Community College graduation ceremony.

These success stories are examples of only a few of the lives that we have touched. With your help, EBH can do so much more.