Inspiring You To Greatness cDC
A nonprofit 501(c)(3) community development corporation with the mission of providing low-to-moderate income communities with workforce development, technical assistance to small businesses, financial credit literacy education, and neighborhood revitalization through affordable housing in Collin, Dallas, Denton, & Tarrant Counties. Serving Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
Our Programs
Below are the programs we run to serve our community. See our Programs page for more information.
Pathway to
Homeownership
Pathway To Homeownership is our twelve course certified mortgage readiness education platform. At the end of this course the student will leave with a vast knowledge of the home buying process and homeownership responsibilities.
Turned Down 2
Turned Up
This program is exclusively for Clients who have been turned down for a mortgage or loan as an alternative to just saying no; now lenders can put them in the ‘KNOW’ by turning them to education instead of simply simmering in rejection.
Better Business
Banking
Being a bankable business means having the financial stability, credibility, and strong track record that make lenders confident in your ability to repay loans. This involves maintaining accurate records, consistent revenue, and a clear business plan.
Business Alliance
Group
The Business Alliance Group was designed to assist business owners, entrepreneurs, and corporate staff who want to transition from corporate to their own businesses. The B.A.G. is comprised of several opportunities to create revenue generating business.
Inaugural Graduation
Join us as we celebrate the First Annual Graduation Gala, an evening dedicated to honoring the hard work, perseverance, and achievements of our graduates.
Our Featured Project
Serenity Estates of Mesquite
This development includes 12 single-family homes ranging from 3 to 4 bedrooms and 2 to 3 bathrooms. The home sizes start at 1556 square feet and range to 1886 square feet. The materials for these homes will be structurally insulated panels, an upgraded green sustainable residential building material. The price range will begin at $359,000 to $459,000. The estimated completion date for the development is June 2026.
Perfectly positioned along South Belt Line, Mesquite is a hospitable, business friendly, growing community in Dallas County. Since 2000 the population has increased by 25.13%. As of 2013, Mesquite had a population of 142,552. The gender is 47.59% male and 52.41% female. The median income for a household in the City of Mesquite is $49,837and the average income for a family was $56,250. The unemployment rate in Mesquite, Texas, is 7%, with job growth of 3.2%. Future job growth over the next ten years is predicted to be 40.4% and growing.
Have you attended one of our housing seminars and ready for the next step?
This is the first step in getting into your new home. We have lenders ready to work with you and get you pre-qualified for your new home today. The housing application will guide you through the information that will be needed to make processing your loan easier for your lender.
Let's Build your dream home!
Building a home is as easy as:
1. Land/Homesite Selection
2. Home Design Selection
3. Color Selection
4. Pathway To Homeownership Program Completion
5. Close – Move-in.
Have Land You Want To Develop?
Inspiring You To Greatness Community Development Corporation develops homes for cities and housing authorities to create reasonable cost-effective affordable housing to rent and buy for low-to-moderate income residents.
Experienced Dedicated Team
Our Team is dedicated to building family legacies with every home we build. With more than sixty (60) years of combined experience; with more than 1.6 billion in completed projects; our team is more than capable to get the job done with excellence, on-time, and within budgets. That's our secret sauce!
Best Case Strategies
The best strategies are outlined in our feasibility study completed on every project prior to construction to ensure the right development for the land.
With You - From Start to Finish
Our team can build on our land or yours for you or your clients. Let's talk about it. Contact us today to have a conversation about your land.
Sustainability + Affordability = Success
We combine building a home that families can afford with one that is also environmentally friendly, providing the key to building a successful future.
Cold Formed Steel
Cold-formed steel offers cost savings on several fronts. By helping to minimize fire risk, the use of cold-formed steel results in lower insurance costs for builders, landlords, and home-owners. Cold-formed Steel creates long term stability for the home. Steel behaves in a highly predicable manner when subjected to the structural loads and stresses imposed by high wind and seismic forces.
SIPs
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are a high-performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating foam core between two structural facings resulting in a building system that is extremely strong, energy-efficient and cost-effective. These panels are manufactured under controlled conditions being fabricated to fit most designs.
Shipping Container
Shipping containers that are converted into housing units are subject to state/local building codes like site-built homes. Converted shipping containers cannot be accepted as a HUD-code manufactured home unless they are provided w/ a permanent chassis & are transported to the site on their own running gear-otherwise comply w/ all HUD Standards & Regulations for manufactured homes.
Solar Energy
Many utilities offer a way to sell solar power back to the grid called net metering. If you have solar panels generating electricity at your home, you could generate extra electricity during peak daylight hours. With net metering, any excess power that you generate is sold back to the utility grid creating a revenue stream for your family. All Inspiring You To Greatness CDC developments are solar w/ net metering.
frequently asked questions
What clients asked in the past before we started working with them.
A: We can start with one lot.
Q: How much does it cost to build 1 home?
A: Depends on the size of the lot and the floorplan selected.
A: We build homes for housing authorities on their land for their residents to rent and/ or buy along with providing job readiness training, soft/life skills, mental health assessments, mental health aids, and the pathway to homeownership program.
A: Yes! We can purchase land to start a project as well as work with land owners.
Q: Do you work with individual land owners?
A: Yes! We work with land owners directly & new developers as consultants or partners.
Request a Consultation
Let’s talk about how we can help you create affordable housing in your community.