Clayton® Donates New Home to Family Promise of Lubbock, TX to Support Local Families Experiencing Homelessness

Clayton, a national builder of attainable housing, and Family Promise, a national nonprofit aimed at preventing family homelessness, are helping families achieve stable housing in Lubbock County and beyond. Clayton is donating a new off-site built home to Family Promise of Lubbock in Texas, the home builder’s second home donation of 2022 through the A Future Begins at Home program.

"This home donation from Clayton will make an immediate impact in our community, one family at a time," said Valerie Longoria-Slater, Family Promise of Lubbock Executive Director. “There are over 550 identified homeless children in the Lubbock Independent School District because many families can't keep up with the rising cost of housing. This gift comes at the height of great need and has the capability to support many families that will gain relief now and empower their futures.”

Family homelessness is an invisible crisis pervading Lubbock County, which has a poverty rate of 18.9 percent. Thirty-two percent of Lubbock County residents live in cost-burdened households, where more than 30 percent of the total household income is spent on housing expenses – both higher than the state and national averages. Family Promise of Lubbock cites single-parent households as a contributing factor to poverty; seventy-six percent of families served by the affiliate are single-parents. Family Promise of Lubbock's mission is to help parents overcome barriers that prevent them from obtaining or maintaining self-sufficiency.

With support from Clayton, Family Promise of Lubbock served 23 families through temporary shelter, support and growth opportunities so far this year. The new home from Clayton will be added to the affiliate’s transitional housing program, which provides a supportive and temporary accommodation that aims to bridge the gap from homelessness to permanent housing by offering structure, case management, education and training.

The off-site built home, which is Clayton’s MiYO Balance floor plan, marks the 14th home donation in Clayton’s partnership with Family Promise, and the fourth home donated in Texas. The Clayton Homes of Lubbock, TX sales location partnered with the non-profit to complete the project.

The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has several features that come in every Clayton Built® home, such as an ecobee smart thermostat®, SmartComfort® by Carrier furnace, Duracraft® cabinets and more. The home also features a flex space that adjusts to support the needs of the family moving into the transitional housing unit, such as an at-home office space. This allows the Family Promise affiliate to serve a variety of family sizes and lifestyles.

“Our team jumped at the chance to fulfill our company value to do good with this home donation,” said Brady Garza, Clayton Homes of Lubbock, TX General Manager. “Family Promise does incredible work in our community, and we are excited that this Clayton home is going to help families for many years.”

This home donation is part of a larger [national partnership ] (https://www.claytonhomes.com/social-responsibility/stories/clayton-and-family-promise-partnership/?utm_source=PR&utm_medium=release&utm_campaign=FP_Lubbock&source=release_PR_FP_Lubbock)between Clayton and Family Promise, which works toward ending and preventing family homelessness. Through A Future Begins at Home, Clayton and Family Promise provide educational outreach and resource development, comprehensive case management, support services, and non-traditional, affordable housing solutions for graduate families. In 2022, the partnership aims to prevent 1,000 families, including 2,400 children, from experiencing homelessness.

About Clayton

Founded in 1956, Clayton is committed to opening doors to a better life and building happyness® through homeownership. As a diverse builder committed to quality and durability, Clayton offers traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing – including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod® homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks and apartments. All Clayton Built® homes are proudly designed and constructed in America. In 2021, Clayton built 60,701 homes across the country. Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway company. For more information, visit claytonhomes.com.

About Family Promise

Family Promise envisions a nation in which every family has a home, a livelihood, and the chance to build a better future. What began as a local initiative in Summit, NJ, has become a national movement that operates in 200+ communities in 43 states. Family Promise delivers innovative solutions for family homelessness including prevention, shelter, and stabilization services. We have served more than one million family members since our founding more than 30 years ago, and we aspire to change the future for one million children by 2030 through our community-based programs. More info can be found at www.FamilyPromise.org.