HousingWire’s Homebuilder Summit 2026

DALLAS, TX: Homes for HOPE was grateful to join homebuilding leaders from across the country at HousingWire’s 2026 Homebuilder Summit at The Adolphus in downtown Dallas.

Formerly known as Focus on Excellence, the Homebuilder Summit brought together homebuilding executives and emerging leaders for two days of learning, collaboration, and conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.

Throughout the Summit, industry leaders explored topics ranging from economic uncertainty and changing buyer behavior to leadership development, company culture, and preparing their organizations for the future. HousingWire designed the gathering around helping builders develop practical strategies while learning alongside peers facing many of the same challenges.

For Homes for HOPE, events like this are especially valuable because they create opportunities to connect personally with leaders throughout the homebuilding industry. It was encouraging to strengthen existing relationships, meet new builders, and share how companies can use the work they already do every day to help entrepreneurs and families around the world flourish.

Homes for HOPE was founded on the belief that the building industry can be a powerful force for good. Through our partnership with HOPE International, builders, trade partners, and suppliers are helping provide underserved families around the world with access to discipleship, biblically based training, savings services, and business loans.

We’re grateful to HousingWire for bringing the industry together in Dallas and for the many conversations and connections that came from this year’s Summit.

Want to learn how your company can build locally to fight poverty globally? Connect with Homes for HOPE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Drake Holtry

Drake Holtry

Texas Regional Representative, Homes for HOPE

Drake Holtry serves as a Senior Regional Representative for HOPE International and Homes for HOPE. He joined the team in 2022 after five years in Dallas-area ministry and two years in Sub-Saharan Africa, including one year as a HOPE International Fellow in Harare, Zimbabwe. Passionate about sharing stories of men and women overcoming poverty and hopelessness, Drake draws on his experience to advance HOPE’s mission. He holds a B.A. in Marketing from Dallas Baptist University and resides in Coppell, Texas, with his wife, Morgan, and sons Judah, Malachi, and Gideon. They are active members of The Door Church.

Contact Drake Holtry at dholtry@hopeinternational.org

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