by Jenny Babcock | May 10, 2022
Teneshia decided she was going to become a homeowner more than a decade ago. She never gave up, despite numerous setbacks, including getting laid off just weeks before she was scheduled to close on a Habitat home. In June, she will close on a brand-new,...
by Jenny Babcock | May 3, 2022
When the Florida Legislature convenes on May 23 for a special session, it is expected to address what has been appropriately called “a state of absolute crisis.” Homeowners insurance rates are poised to continue escalating above rates already 36% more per year than...
by Jenny Babcock | Apr 18, 2022
Knetha has always wanted to provide a safe home for her sons, 21-year-old Jamarieae who has cerebral palsy and 19-year-old Ricardo. That’s why she was overjoyed to partner with Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County to purchase a home, with custom...
by Jenny Babcock | Apr 11, 2022
Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings and Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County President & CEO Catherine Steck McManus held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 30 to celebrate their combined efforts to provide Central Floridians with affordable...
by Jenny Babcock | Mar 7, 2022
Mary sees folks buying homes every day in her work as the financial policy processor for a title company. But the 72-year-old didn’t think homeownership was within her own reach until she found Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County. Now, after a...
by Jenny Babcock | Jan 19, 2022
Naomi was so desperate to move her three children away from their unsafe neighborhood that she lost $5,000 trying to buy a house through a predatory real estate dealer. “She wouldn’t show me the houses I wanted to see,” she said, and was repeatedly redirected to the...
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