ABOUT HOMESTAY HOUSTON

HOMESTAY HOUSTON has provided American family housing to students and business personnel from 40 different countries around the world for the last fifteen years. Homestays are located in areas convenient to public transportation and some Homestay families are located within walking or bicycling distance from the schools and intern locations requested by the applicant.

The businessperson or student will be provided with a continental breakfast and dinner each day. A private bedroom and a private or shared bathroom with all of the necessary linens are provided as well. Rooms are equipped with desks or tables at which the individual can work or study. The family telephone is available for local calls and credit cards or prepaid telephone calling cards can be used for long distance calls.

The host families all have a washing machine and drying machine for laundry. The family provides the soap for the laundry and teaches the visitor how to wash and dry his clothes.

Our families share our Texas hospitality with the visitors and have a genuine interest in learning about the culture from which the visitor comes. Your host family may often help you with your homework if you have questions regarding grammar, idioms, etc., assist with automobile purchase or rental, assist with the procedure for obtaining a Texas Driver's License and automobile insurance, and assist with maps and directions to schools, shopping, points of interest, etc.

THE PURPOSE OF THE HOMESTAY PROGRAM IS TO:

• Provide housing for the student or businessman

• Provide a positive cultural experience

• Enhance the visitor's language acquisition program

• Provide a supervised living environment if necessary

 Who are our Clients?

Our clients are students studying language at the following schools: ESL at Rice University, ELI at the University of Houston Downtown, LCC at the University of Houston Main Campus, Bilingual English Institute, Houston Community College, Kaplan, IEI at Houston Baptist University, North Harris County Community College, Houston Ballet, ELS Language Centers, private high schools, and others.

We place businesspersons for these same institutes as well as other independent training firms who specialize in training business executives involved in specific industries

Many are teachers or retired teachers, others work for universities, some are travel agents or nurses, others own small businesses and some work for large oil and gas companies. Many have traveled abroad extensively and some have lived abroad. We have families who have hosted for 15 years and others that have hosted for a very short time.

 How Long is Our Housing Agreement?

Our visitors stay with their host families for one month or more. Some of our visitors stay with their host families for different time periods depending on their circumstances. Some stay for one month and others have stayed for l or 2 years. Our visitors sign a housing agreement, which states how many months the student will stay in homestay.