Extreme Makeover: Homeless Edition?

This past week the team from Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has been in Columbus building a brand new home for a deserving family.  The local news channels have all been covering the build, and it's pretty exciting to watch. 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, let me give a brief explanation of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  EMHE travels across the United States building new homes for deserving families whose homes are falling apart, and in some cases, really ought to be condemned because they're so unlivable.  It's a heart-warming show, and it truly changes the lives of the families who get a new home.

But as I've been watching the show and seeing this house being built, there's a thought in the back of my mind.... why aren't they building houses for homeless families?  Homeless families don't have a house that's falling a part.  They don't have a home.  Period.

Unless you consider the shelter they sleep in every night. 

Or the couch of a friend.

Or the park bench. 

Or the back of their car. 

Or the tent alongside the river.

But there's hope: Homes of Hope.

While Homes of Hope doesn't build homes for homeless families, we do provide transitional housing for them.  We provide a place of love and support for 3-6 months, allowing families to get back on their feet again.  We offer mentoring, budget counseling, and tutoring for children who are struggling in school.  We rally around these families and show them that there is hope.

Hope for now.

Hope for the future.

Hope that one day there will be one less homeless family in the world.

Jeremiah 29:11 says, 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'  That is the promise we hold on to here at Homes of Hope for all the homeless families in Ross County & beyond. 

When you see shows like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, what do you think? Should we build homes for homeless families?