See How it Works
DreamBuild homes avoids proprietary materials, specialized machinery, and 3D printing, making it highly replicable modular innovation across rural communities nationwide.
“Most people want a home for their kids – a beautiful home they’re proud of,” says Linda Marín, cdcb’s director of homeownership. “If a client is not financially able to get their dream home, we can start smaller and work toward getting to the dream.”
Innovation Milestones
- Secured Texas state license for their manufactured housing model
- Doubled the size of their offsite manufacturing center
- Completed 26 homes, with 60 single-family units in the pipeline
- Partnered with Enterprise to ensure all homes are Green Communities certification-ready
- Developed a policy manual to support franchise onboarding
- Advanced expansion efforts across multiple sites, with Pine Bluff, Arkansas serving as a leading implementation location
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The Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge gave us the time and resources to get to work. Now we have a sustainable modular housing product that can be replicated and scaled.
Nick Mitchell-Bennett, cdcb Executive Director
What a Difference A Cohort Makes
Breakthrough Challenge support gave cdcb and bcWORKSHOP the resources to pursue an idea they knew had potential. “There was a lot of trust from Enterprise and Wells Fargo, and the rigor of the Breakthrough Challenge made us dive in deeper as a team,” says Benje Feehan, executive director of bcWORKSHOP.
What’s Next
- Scaling Dreambuild via a franchise model
- Identifying initial manufacturing sites and beginning prototype home development across multiple franchise locations, including in Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Launching construction activities at a new factory in Dallas
