Last Sunday, Austin Habitat for Humanity bestowed its Fuller Life Award upon long time supporter Larry Parks. This prestigious award, along with seven others, was presented by President and CEO Michael Willard at Austin Habitat’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Party, held this year at Shady Springs Party Barn in southeast Austin. The Fuller Life Award recognizes [...]
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Forty years after the first Earth Day, the world is in greater peril than ever. And Americans are a huge part of the problem. Americans are roughly 5 percent of the world’s population and consume 25 percent of the world’s resources. Almost 50 percent of the energy we produce comes from coal, an energy source [...]
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This past Saturday at 3 PM, we dedicated the home of Jaylandra Fitzgerald, which was sponsored by Distressed Property Institute. The home is located at 7212 Thanna’s Way in the new Meadowlake neighborhood. Three years ago, as a 44 year old woman facing hard times, sickness, and bills she couldn’t pay, Jaylandra moved in with [...]
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Currently, we have three faith builds underway in the Meadowlake neighborhood!! On February 20th, we raised the walls on a home sponsored by Westlake Presbyterian- our first home to be fully sponsored by a single church! On March 6th, we began our annual Catholic build, and on March 13, we began our annual Episcopal Build. [...]
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Austin is the most expensive city in Texas for paying rent and buying a home, according to a study released by the Washington D.C. based Center for Housing Policy. The study “Paycheck to Paycheck” compares and ranks costs in more than 200 metro areas in the United States and ultimately concludes homeownership is still unaffordable [...]
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This past Saturday, at 8 AM, we raised the walls on Joanna Sentena’s home! The home is sponsored by Austin Energy. Austin Energy is the nation’s 9th largest community-owned electric utility. They serve 388,000 customers and a population of more than 900,000. They provide service within the City of Austin, Travis County, and a small [...]
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By Julie Smith, Development Manager HYP, the Austin Habitat Young Professionals, is pleased to invite you to our 4th annual Build the HYP Gala on May 21st. In addition to being HYP’s primary annual fund raiser, the HYP Gala is one of Austin’s premiere social events for young professionals who are active in the community [...]
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This past Saturday, we dedicated three homes!! In the morning, we dedicated the Collins’ home sponsored by Homeaway. Homeaway is an Austin based company that connects homeowners and property managers with travelers who seek the space, value and amenities of vacation rental homes as an alternative to hotels. Co-founder Carl Shepherd is a big supporter [...]
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