Welcome Home is positioned to assist local homeless shelters through a groundbreaking housing industry partnership wherein "resources" - I.E. time, materials and/or monetary donations - are provided by program partners as a result of committing the equivalent of 40 hours of "in-kind" services per year.

"In finalizing the details of the Bell House, we felt it was important to look at this as the beginning of a process rather than the end of a project," explains Gary Kirt, Owner of Bell Mortgage. "With the Welcome Home partnership, the ongoing process we are committed to simply comes down to the housing industry stepping up to the plate to help various Twin Cities homeless programs with their immediate and long-term needs."

"What happens when housing related businesses join forces with Non-profits serving people experiencing homelessness? The impact can transform communities," comments Jim Smith, Executive Director - Simpson Housing Services. "When our staff at Simpson Housing Services was squeezed to the ceiling for office space, Bell Mortgage stepped to the plate to donate a beautiful house in the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis."