Henry Valles, Hemp Building Ventures

Henry Valles is a licensed NAR GREEN Certified REALTOR®, Top Producer, and Diamond Club Member with Realty Austin. He is also a Founding Board Member of the US Hemp Building Association and former President, VP and Co-Founder of the Texas Hemp Industries Association. In 2017, he spearheaded Austin’s first hempcrete home in Community First Village, a community for the chronically homeless. Henry has delivered presentations on developing community through hemp building at multiple conferences, such as the International Hemp Building Symposium, SingularityU, EarthX and to the University of Texas School of Architecture's Materials Lab.  Henry will be launching his hemp building development and consultancy company Hemp Building Ventures in 2021 with the goal of bringing hemp-based building materials to mainstream real estate markets and connecting individuals and companies to the resources they need to make hemp building projects successful. In his work with Realty Austin as a real estate expert, Henry has defined a focus on green realty and is connecting his real estate practice with the values of hemp building. Inspired to bring more sustainable and non-toxic solutions to the real estate and building industries especially in Texas, Henry continues to educate his community and champion the use of hemp-based building materials through his real estate and hemp building consulting practices. #BuildWithTexasHemp​Visit Hemp Building Ventures.