Hope Community Builders (HCB) started in 1994 as a modest effort to build a few affordable homes in North East Harrisonburg by the Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority (HRHA) and Immanuel Mennonite Church. The Mission Board of the Virginia Mennonite Conference helped with administration expenses for the first three years after 1998 when HCB was registered as a 501(C)(3) corporation.

In June 2000 HCB received a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) certification from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (VADHCD).

HCB is governed by a Board of Directors of six, who come from all walks of life and various churches of Harrisonburg. As a condition of the CHDO certification a third of its Board of Directors are residents of a low income area. Day to day operations, currently are carried out by Asrat Gebre, Executive Director & CEO, Duane Bontrager, Senior Building Supervisor and Eric Beck, Building Supervisor.

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