by Jenny Babcock | Feb 15, 2023
Future homeowner Melissa’s life as she knew it was completely upended on Sept. 29, 2022. That’s when Hurricane Ian plowed through Central Florida, causing unprecedented flooding and more than $200 million worth of damage in Orange County. Melissa and her three boys...
by Jenny Babcock | Jan 17, 2023
When Fatima imagines her future Habitat home, her thoughts always turn to the kitchen. As a chef who cooks and bakes for the residents of an Orlando retirement home, Fatima envisions so many possibilities in her own new kitchen – preparing healthy meals for her two...
by Jenny Babcock | Nov 9, 2022
Ebony has lived in the same condominium for the last 10 years. She was used to her rent increasing by $25 or $50 every year. She didn’t bat an eye. But this past year, she got a renewal notice that showed a $400 hike — a 33% increase. That was the moment she...
by Jenny Babcock | Sep 14, 2022
Tanisha smiled wide as she entered her newly finished future home for the first time. The mother of four has never put a Christmas tree up in her family’s home because their apartments always felt temporary. “It never felt like home,” she said. This...
by Jenny Babcock | Aug 17, 2022
Jaquira loves to watch her daughters play hide-and-go-seek in their new home. Their cramped apartment didn’t have good hiding spots, not to mention, that the complex was overrun with ants, illegal drug activity, and “too much negative energy”. On top of these unsafe...
by Jenny Babcock | Jul 19, 2022
When Darimar got a preapproval to buy a home from a lender, she felt it didn’t give her any good options. Her choices, she said, were either fixer-upper houses or overpriced condominiums. “I wish you could have seen what they were trying to sell me,” Darimar said. “No...
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