2020 has been a tumultuous year in many ways, but Budget Blinds® was honored to be part of seeing 23 Veterans and their families settle into new, specially adapted, mortgage-free Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) homes. With masks, safe distancing, and even virtually, the HFOT mission of building homes to help post-9/11 severely injured Veterans [...]
Specially adapted, mortgage-free homes are at the center of the Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) mission which is “To build and donate specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives.” Traditional homes that don’t accommodate wheelchair living are a constant frustration, limiting access and complicating “simple” [...]
November 11—Veterans Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in Canada—is a special day to honor our military heroes and Veterans, past and present, for the inestimable debt to all who serve in the Armed Forces. Honor and gratitude to our military should go beyond the “official” day of parades and speeches to every day, [...]
Owning a home is the American dream, and Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) has made that dream come true for over 300 severely injured Veterans by providing specially adapted, mortgage-free homes. Post-9/11 Veterans who have suffered catastrophic injuries are empowered to once again have hope for a bright future. In comfort and safety, these homes [...]
Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) began building mortgage-free, specially adapted homes in 2004 for post-9/11 severely injured Veterans to enable them to rebuild their lives. Having suffered devastating injuries, including multiple limb amputations, paralysis, hearing and vision loss, traumatic brain injury, and PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), hopes and dreams were shattered. The gift of a [...]
Once again Budget Blinds® is excited to announce a significant milestone in our partnership with Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) who builds and donates mortgage-free, specially adapted homes to severely injured post-9/11 Veterans. This September saw the 300th HFOT home awarded in Hillsboro, Missouri, changing another family’s future forever. Kaylee Shumaker says “thank you” [...]
A common thread that ties together the Homes for Our Troops (HFOT) home recipients is the desire to give back. Many have said that receiving the mortgage-free, specially adapted homes allows them more freedom to reach out to help people, especially other injured Veterans. Paying it forward, they strive to empower others to excel and [...]
Home Franchise Concepts (HFC) has long been recognized within the franchise and military communities as extremely veteran-friendly, based on financial discounts and corporate policies that empower Veterans to become successful business owners. With four award-wining franchise brands in the home improvement/home services industry, HFC and its family of brands have, over the years, been designated [...]
A specially adapted, mortgage-free home for a severely injured Veteran is a dream come true. As they struggle with the challenges and barriers of navigating traditional homes due to injuries such as amputations, paralysis, burns, loss of sight or hearing, and PTSD, the life-changing freedom of a specially adapted home is an impossible dream for [...]
In the last three weeks, two more Veterans and their families moved into new, forever homes built by Homes for Our Troops (HFOT). For over 15 years, HFOT has been building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes for severely injured post 9/11 Veterans to restore some of the freedom and independence they sacrificed defending our country and [...]
