Our Purpose
Linda Marie Taylor Julian is a survivor-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Dallas, Texas, dedicated to transforming the lives of displaced families, veterans, returning citizens from incarceration, youth, elderly individuals, survivors of domestic violence, and anyone experiencing homelessness or housing instability across North Texas.
Our mission is rooted in personal tragedy. As founder Arthur Hamilton, I lost my mother, Linda Marie Hamilton, to cancer worsened by housing stress, and my daughter, Taylor Marie Hamilton, who passed away the day before she was to be born due to the extreme stress of unstable housing. These painful losses fuel our unwavering commitment to ensure no family has to endure the same suffering.
We address the root causes of poverty and instability by developing high-quality, luxury-style, net-zero-ready multifamily housing that is built 50–70% faster and up to 45% less expensively than traditional methods using advanced construction techniques. Our first major project will deliver 960 deeply affordable units, with 87% dedicated to households at or below 50% of Area Median Income (AMI). These homes are designed to be safe, modern, energy-efficient, and beautiful — giving families dignity and stability while incorporating green energy solutions.
Beyond housing, we provide real pathways to success through comprehensive education and workforce development. We offer tuition assistance and job placement support in high-demand fields including cybersecurity, robotics and construction technology, CDL training, horticulture, and music production. We do not own or operate schools; instead, we fund qualified participants to attend partner institutions and provide wrap-around support including jobseekers assistance, resume building, interview preparation, and ongoing mentorship.
Our approach is holistic. We deliver community outreach, senior assistance, youth mentoring, veteran services, re-entry coaching, domestic violence support, and disaster response services. Every program is designed to meet people where they are — whether they need immediate emergency help or long-term tools for self-sufficiency.
What makes us unique is our governance. 100% of our board members come from the very communities we serve — neighborhoods like Oak Cliff, East Dallas, Sunny South Park Row in Dallas, and Hollygrove in New Orleans, areas marked by displacement and hardship. This lived experience ensures our decisions are grounded in reality and truly responsive to the needs of those we serve.
We are committed to transparency, accountability, and excellence. As we pursue CHDO certification with the City of Dallas, we are positioning ourselves to access critical public resources while maintaining strong private partnerships and donations. Every dollar contributed goes directly toward building homes, funding education, and delivering life-changing services.
North Texas Giving Day represents more than financial support — it represents belief in second chances, belief in community, and belief in a future where housing instability no longer determines a family’s destiny. With your help, we will build not just houses, but hope, opportunity, and lasting stability for thousands of North Texans over the next decade.
Together, we can turn pain into purpose and create a legacy of healing, empowerment, and generational change.
Mission Statement
Linda Marie Taylor Julian is a survivor-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to creating real pathways to success for displaced families, veterans, returning citizens, youth, elderly individuals, survivors of domestic violence, and anyone facing homelessness or housing instability in North Texas.
We develop luxury-style, net-zero-ready affordable housing — safe, modern, and built 50–70% faster and up to 45% more affordably than traditional methods — while providing tuition assistance and career support in high-demand fields including cybersecurity, robotics and construction technology, CDL training, horticulture, and music production.
Rooted in our own lived experience of loss due to unstable housing — the passing of our mother Linda Marie Hamilton from cancer and our daughter Taylor Marie Hamilton due to housing-related stress — we are driven to ensure no family suffers the same fate.
With 100% of our board members coming from the communities we serve, we deliver not just homes, but dignity, stability, and opportunity. Through integrated housing, education, community outreach, senior assistance, youth mentoring, veteran services, re-entry coaching, and wrap-around support, we empower individuals of all backgrounds to rebuild their lives and achieve lasting success.
Our vision is simple yet powerful: end the cycle of housing instability by building beautiful, energy-efficient homes and equipping people with the skills and support they need to thrive.
Here are some realistic and pressing needs for your nonprofit (Linda Marie Taylor Julian) that you can highlight in grant applications, your North Texas Giving Day profile, website, or donor appeals. These are grounded in Dallas/North Texas realities and directly tie to your mission of survivor-led affordable housing + skills training.
1. Severe Shortage of Deeply Affordable Housing
Dallas faces a 46,000-unit shortage of rental homes affordable to households earning ≤50% of Area Median Income (about $52,000 or less for a family of four). For every 100 such households, there are only about 60 affordable units available. The gap has grown rapidly — it was 33,660 just a couple of years ago.
Extremely low-income renters (≤30% AMI) are even worse off: only 28 affordable units per 100 households. Many families spend 50–78% of their income on rent, leaving almost nothing for food, healthcare, or transportation.
Your 960-unit net-zero project (with 87% dedicated to ≤50% AMI) directly addresses this crisis by creating new, high-quality, energy-efficient homes built faster and more affordably.
2. Rapid Loss of Existing Affordable Stock
Between 2021–2023, Dallas lost over 50,000 rental units priced under $1,000/month — roughly half the city’s low-cost inventory. Older affordable units are disappearing due to rising costs, market pressures, and expiring subsidies. This leaves families with fewer safe options and drives up evictions (nearly 28,000 filed in 2025).
Your robotic/net-zero approach helps by producing new units quickly before more stock is lost.
3. Housing Cost Burden and Instability
• Over 90% of very low-income renters in Dallas are cost-burdened (spending >30% of income on housing).
• Many households earning under $30,000/year have only a few hundred dollars left monthly after rent for all other necessities.
• This instability contributes to homelessness, health issues, family stress, and lost opportunities — exactly the cycle your personal story (loss of your mother and daughter due to housing stress) highlights.
Your wrap-around services (re-entry coaching, senior assistance, youth mentoring, domestic violence support) help stabilize families once they have housing.
4. Lack of Skills and Economic Mobility
Low-income residents often lack access to training in high-demand fields like cybersecurity, robotics, construction trades, CDL, horticulture, and music production. Without skills, even new housing doesn’t break the poverty cycle.
Your tuition assistance model (funding participants at partner programs rather than owning schools) fills this gap and creates real pathways to better jobs and self-sufficiency.
5. Immediate Operational and Pre-Development Needs
As a new organization pursuing CHDO certification:
• Funding for staff salaries, office space, and basic operations to keep your team stable.
• Pre-development costs (site assessments, engineering, permits) for your 960-unit project.
• Resources for community outreach, Resident Advisory Council, and low-income input processes.
These needs are urgent because Dallas is losing affordable units faster than it can replace them, and families continue to face eviction, overcrowding, and homelessness.
You can frame donations or grants as helping to close the 46,000-unit gap, prevent more losses like the 50,000+ units that disappeared, and give people both a safe home and the skills to keep it.
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Equity Statement
Linda Marie Taylor Julian is a survivor-led nonprofit organization committed to racial, economic, and housing equity in North Texas. We believe that safe, affordable housing and access to opportunity are fundamental human rights, not privileges determined by zip code, income, or background.
Our board is 100% composed of individuals who come from the very communities we serve — neighborhoods such as Oak Cliff, East Dallas, Sunny South Park Row in Dallas, and Hollygrove in New Orleans — areas that have experienced displacement, poverty, and systemic barriers. This lived experience ensures our work is grounded in authentic community voices and addresses the real needs of displaced families, veterans, returning citizens, youth, elderly, survivors of domestic violence, and people experiencing homelessness.
We actively combat housing inequity by developing luxury-style, net-zero-ready affordable homes that are built faster and more affordably than traditional methods. We dedicate 87% of our units to households at or below 50% of Area Median Income, creating deeply affordable housing where it is needed most.
Our equity approach extends beyond housing. We provide tuition assistance and career pathways in high-demand fields — cybersecurity, robotics, construction trades, CDL, horticulture, and music production — so that individuals from historically marginalized communities can gain marketable skills and achieve economic mobility. We do not own schools; we fund qualified participants and support them with wrap-around services including mentoring, job placement, and re-entry coaching.
We reject discrimination in any form. Housing and services are provided to all eligible individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or immigration status. Our programs are designed with intentional input from low-income beneficiaries through a formal Resident Advisory Council and regular community feedback processes.
By centering equity in every decision — from site selection and design to program delivery and governance — we work to dismantle the systems that perpetuate housing instability and poverty. Our goal is not charity, but justice: creating stable homes and real opportunities so that every person in North Texas can thrive.
Organization name
Linda Marie Taylor Julian
Causes
Housing, Shelter & Homelessness
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Counties Served
Grayson, Wise, Tarrant, Somervell, Rockwall, Parker, Palo Pinto, Navarro, Montague, Kaufman, Johnson, Hunt, Hood, Fannin, Erath, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Cooke, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Native American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Address
1910 РАCIFIC AVE