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Fatima’s story: Chef’s Habitat home will be haven for good food and love

Fatima’s story: Chef’s Habitat home will be haven for good food and love

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...
Home for the Holidays homeowner seeks stability, freedom from rising rents

Home for the Holidays homeowner seeks stability, freedom from rising rents

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...
From temporary to permanent, new home will bring stability, memories, generational wealth for Tanisha’s family

From temporary to permanent, new home will bring stability, memories, generational wealth for Tanisha’s family

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...
Habitat home means peace, love, and opportunity for Jaquira & her daughters

Habitat home means peace, love, and opportunity for Jaquira & her daughters

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...
First-generation American forges her own path to homeownership

First-generation American forges her own path to homeownership

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...

Homeownership seemed out of reach to teacher before finding Habitat Orlando & Osceola

by Jacques Durand | Jun 15, 2022

Solangi never knows how long she will stay in an apartment and how much the rent will go up from year to year. It’s a source of constant stress and frustration. The teacher’s rent recently increased 8% on her one-bedroom apartment. “I pay a large amount of money for...
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