Together.HomesKansas City Seat 05 · Mfg & Supply
← Together, not alone Seat 05 · Manufacturing & Supply — plants · yards · subs

You're chasing twenty accounts that each build five to thirty homes a year.

One relationship at a time, at unpredictable volume. The book collapses that into a single counterparty with a published pipeline — the customer profile your pricing desk already knows how to quote.

Vendors compete for the volume, not the relationship.

The group buys on a printed, capped-markup sheet, and every member is encouraged to shop it — including against Eastside Lumber, which sits in this class too, on the same sheet as everyone else. That rule is what keeps a buying group honest, including toward its own yard.

Isn't the local facility going to compete with me? In some categories, eventually, yes — a local panel and truss operation is the book's second declared job. Two things are also true: it only gets built if the book proves the demand, and partner capacity may carry that volume first, which makes existing producers the reason it delivers early rather than the casualty of it. We'd rather tell you now than surprise you later.
You keep

One negotiation instead of chasing twenty accounts.

To builders
Volume pricing only exists because someone on your side will honor it at quantity. Your tier sheet is what makes the group's core promise real instead of aspirational.
To the book
Component partners can bridge production before the local facility exists — so the book's second job can start paying off years before a plant is financed.
To design
What your line can actually produce sets the constants a repeatable plan set is drawn around. The spec conversation runs both directions.
To the co-op
At maturity, supply and manufacturing are a membership class in the KC Housing Production Cooperative — an owner's seat, not a vendor slot.
Developerthe demand Builder / GCthe execution Lot Ownerthe ground Design Prothe repeatability Mfg & Supplyyou are here

Not your lane? Every seat is a live page — the whole chain is being seated at once, on purpose.

What the collective does for you

Now

One negotiation, not twenty

Quote 50–150+ homes of aggregated volume once, instead of pursuing builders individually for orders that arrive at random.

Now

Forecastable demand

The order book is a forward view of what the group intends to build — a production-planning input no one in this market has had before.

Now

Published, auditable terms

Printed sheet, capped markup. Members can audit the tier, which keeps everyone honest including us. No side deals, no hidden margin.

Now

Trade partners get the same door

Subs and specialty contractors join the same way. Sequenced member jobs mean a steadier queue rather than feast-or-famine bidding.

When the book justifies it

Bridge production before the plant

Panel and truss capacity may be sourced from partners before the local facility is financed. Existing producers can carry that volume first — and be the reason the book delivers early.

“Vendors compete for the volume, not the relationship. The price sheet is printed — and every member is encouraged to shop it.”
The rule that keeps a buying group honest, including toward its own yard

Where every seat leads

The Shared Order Book
Where it stands today
Every member's upcoming homes, packaged like one buyer — non-binding to enter, yours forever
71Confirmed — $2.8M Missouri NPA tax credit award
150+Identified in conversations — being confirmed now
+ yoursThe book grows as builders sign on
71 — CONFIRMED · NPA AWARD
IDENTIFIED — CONFIRMING
YOUR HOMES
0100 — where real pricing starts200

The first 71 homes are already confirmed — you're not being asked to go first. The state moved first: Missouri has already awarded $2.8M in NPA tax credits against them, and its clock runs to 12/31/2028. This tally updates as homes confirm.

Then: members charter the KC Housing Production Cooperative — the whole chain in one member body, by class, licensing the Together.Homes platform.

The questions you should ask

What's in it for Together.Homes and Eastside Lumber?

We sell materials — at the same published, capped-markup tiers every member gets, including our own projects. Bigger group, bigger volume, better pricing for everyone, us included. There's no membership fee for suppliers either: what you're asked for is published terms and the quantity break behind them, not a check.

What does it cost?

Membership is free — no dues, no minimums. The Network is funded by the suppliers who want access to the group's volume, not by the members in it. The only priced service is a standalone takeoff ($500) if you want the work without putting homes in the book — and even that credits in full against your first material order.

Is there money in this today?

No private capital, no — and anyone who tells you otherwise, walk away. What exists today is the state's $2.8M award with its deadline, the pricing work a dedicated team is building around the book, and the book itself. The credit facility is a goal we are openly raising toward, not a thing we have. The book is what makes it raisable.

Who runs it?

Three distinct jobs, held apart on purpose. A council of members — seated by class: a developer, a builder, a lot owner, a design professional, an operator — governs. Together.Homes staffs the day-to-day services. And Daniel Edwards holds one job: build the book and bring the capital to it — the aggregator, not your foreman.

One negotiation instead of twenty accounts.

Send us the quantity where your pricing actually breaks.