The sale of a 2,285-square-foot, 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom Flagler model in Stonebrier at OakLeaf Plantation will help more than 700 poverty level families start and maintain their own businesses. The home will feature a greatroom, formal dining room, study, breakfast area, spacious kitchen, and an upstairs bonus room, as well as full sod and irrigation and a security system.

Vendors and trade contractors involved in the construction of the HOPE house may donate time, materials and talent to keep the actual cost of the home as low as possible. So far, The Hutson Companies, developers from OakLeaf Plantation, has already donated $10,000 to get the 2nd House for Hope off to an incredible start.

Upon completion, the home is sold and the profits are donated to HOPE International.
With the help of their vendors and trade contractors, Providence Homes donated almost $100,000 last year to HOPE International from the sale of a 3,164-square foot, five-bedroom, three-bathroom home in River Hills Reserve.

HOPE International is a faith-based group that serves the poor in developing countries by providing them with micro loans. The loans, generally $50 - $500, are used to start businesses. Examples include selling shoes or vegetables in an open market or purchasing sheep or pigs for livestock. To date, HOPE International has issued approximately $8 million in micro-loans; approximately 70% of the small business entrepreneurs are women in single family households.

“HOPE gives people a hand up, not a hand-out, and that is something that Providence Homes believes in,” said Chief Operating Officer Sean Junker. “HOPE helps families support themselves, so they aren't dependent on intermittent money or food donations.”

Nearly all HOPE loans, 99%, are repaid. That means the same $500 loan that helped one family out of poverty this year will help another family next year and then another family the following year and so on. It's this principle that makes the "House for HOPE" program so successful, long after the "House for HOPE" has been sold.

Providence Homes currently offers nine floorplans ranging between 1,533 and 2,802 square feet in this community. Stonebrier is located within OakLeaf Plantation, a family community on the Duval/Clay county border that has been designed as a modern, all-inclusive town center with many nearby schools. The neighborhood features a beautiful pond and wooded areas. Lovely OakLeaf Plantation boasts a 30-acre athletic club with a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse; tennis courts; soccer and baseball fields; a fitness center; a water park with slides and a children's spray pool; and a public library. Other planned amenities include an 110-acre regional park; an 18-hole golf course; a 15-mile path for hiking, biking, jogging; a 1.5 million square foot regional mall; a 1.6-million square foot office space; and an additional 1.7 million square foot industrial and flex space.