HODC is a community-based nonprofit that makes an affordable home a reality for a diverse group of people who are unable to afford housing in their community.

Affordable housing provides hope for individuals and families who are at risk of eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness.

A Resident and a Vision: The Heart of Taylor Place

Behind every door at Taylor Place is a story. Hear from Kimberly, a new resident, and Richard, our Executive Director, as they reflect on the people and purpose that brought this community to life. Recorded at the Taylor Place Ribbon Cutting Ceremony in McHenry, February 2026.

Groundbreaking 2019
Group of professionally dressed people pose and smile in front of a large mural of green pastures and a tree with pink blossoms.
Ribbon Cutting
man speaking in front about hearts place
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Senta Plunkett
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group of youth painting the house
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Welcome Basket day
Ribboncutting 2019
shaking hands with a person
group crowd
cutting the ribbon
People posing in front of a mural of a landscape painted on a wall.
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Professionally dressed people wear hard hats and hold shovels of dirt on a construction site with a large construction digger in the background.
Phalecia and Cinda Embrace
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A group of people, some wearing white hard hats are smiling as they shovel dirt on a construction site with large construction vehicles in the background.
A table with a table runner with the HODC logo and various paperwork.
A white hard hat is perched on a golden shovel sticking out of dirt at a construction site with a large excavator in the background.
Illustration of $150 million funding for HODC housing projects.
685 homes on a vibrant pink background.
992 people housed by HODC. White letters over green background.

Have you thought about WHERE the essential workers in your community actually live?

Affordable housing in safe neighborhoods makes a better standard of living possible for those with limited incomes. Families, individuals, businesses, and the community as a whole benefit.

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