The Lily Housing Corporation (LHC) is a faith-based non-profit charity 501(C) 3, and was formed in July of 2001 in an effort to address the new and emerging class of homeless families in the Hampton Roads community.  The ministry derives its mission from the words of Christ found in the Gospel of Luke:

“Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these" (Luke 12:27).

It is our belief that the Kingdom Christ came to establish values each individual and that God, The Father places high priority upon the welfare of His own.  We have identified a silent population of working class families, often headed by single, divorced or separated women in transition and therefore, in acute need of housing assistance.  The targeted population includes working female heads- of- household and their children failing to qualify for government subsidies and for whom available temporary housing programs cannot meet their long-term needs.  The Lily Housing Corporation is the vision of its founder, Dr. Keira Taylor-Banks and associates Dr. Mickey Collins, Vikki Ammons, Renee Carter, Johnnie Lloyd, Deatrice Tucker, Dr. Saundra Cherry, Dr. Rachel Blisson and Cornelia Browning-Moore.

The need for transitional housing is evident throughout the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Many working families often headed by females, are competing with the unemployed and long-term homeless individuals and families for temporary shelter and transitional housing.  Often, working poor families must live in substandard hotels or remain in overcrowded living conditions because there is no alternative. The Lily Housing Corporation will be part of the solution to the daily difficulties faced by the working homeless population in Hampton Roads, since we exist to offer temporary housing to qualified working families in need of short and long-term housing assistance.