This past Saturday, Austin Habitat for Humanity and Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church raised the walls on a home located at 7313 Thanna’s Way. The wall-raising marked the beginning of construction on the home, which will be completed in ten weeks. Hundreds of members of Westlake Hills Presbyterian will work hand-in-hand with future Austin Habitat homeowner [...]
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On Thursday, February 25th at 4:00 pm, there will be a public hearing at City Hall to discuss the Affordable Housing General Obligation Bonds (GO Bonds). To give you a little background, in 2006 Austin voters approved a $55 million bond program for affordable housing. In 2007, the City Council elected to use the majority [...]
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Austin Habitat would like to welcome Mildred Davis, Dan Doman, Chris Elliott, Dr. George Gau, Everett Plante, Rep. Eddie Rodriguez, and Brian Sharples to the Board!!! Mildred Davis is a Habitat homeowner. One of eight children, Mildred was born in Natchitoches, LA. Her father was a mechanic and her mother a housewife. In 1967 she [...]
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On Saturday, January 30, we dedicated the Hodge Family home at 6100 Devonshire Cove. Jesse and Ruth Hodge have lived in section 8 housing for years, and they have always longed for a home of their own. Jesse is an older, wheel chair bound veteran, but his physical condition did not stop him from working [...]
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