This weeks photo comes from the UFCU home dedication. The Delgado Family has been working long and hard to finish the 400 sweat-equity hours and 24 home buyer education classes required of them. You can see the excitement!!
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The Austin Legal Community is proud to raise the walls on a new affordable Austin Habitat home. The ‘Legal Build’ which started this past Saturday, is a tradition that takes place every two years, coordinated through the Austin Bar Association and legal professionals, associations and firms from across Austin. This year, the Legal Build will [...]
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Saturday we began the construction of a new home for the Jaimes family, sponsored by the legal community. Manuel Jaimes is a hard-working single father who came to Austin Habitat with a dream of providing a simple, stable home for his daughter, Makeyla. Over the next 8 weeks donors, sponsors, and volunteers from the legal [...]
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This weeks picture comes from the K&N Management Build taken by site leader Adam Ruma. K&N Management recently received the nation’s highest Presidential honor for innovation and performance excellence, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, becoming the first Austin-based business and only the second restaurant group to ever receive the honor. The way in which [...]
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This past Saturday we began building the home of the Beyene Family. It’s always exciting starting a new build and we do the best we can capturing this excitement in pictures, but sometimes that just isn’t enough. A regular volunteer for Austin Habitat, Mike Benza, brought his camera to site this past Saturday and set [...]
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As we work to continue the battle against poverty housing in Austin, we are excited to announce the beginning of a new home for a deserving family. The build, sponsored by many Team Habitat partners, will start at 8:00 with a wall raising ceremony located at 2507 Devonshire Drive. The Beyene Family have been looking forward [...]
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This week picture comes from Joey Etheredge of All Saints’ Episcopal Church. Thanks for volunteering your time and photo skills Joey!
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In addition to immense community support, Habitat’s work depends on crucial government partnerships such as AmeriCorps and National Service, Section 4 Capacity Building grants, and SHOP funding, which are all under threat of being cut or drastically reduced. Last month, 90 Habitat supporters descended on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to meet with members of [...]
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With spring break quickly approaching and many family vacations on the horizon, our friends at State Farm have a few tips on how to keep your house safe. Whether you live in a house, a condo or an apartment, a break-in can permanently shatter your feeling of security at home. According to FBI statistics, a [...]
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This weeks picture comes from the Double Catholic Build. The Austin Catholic Community has come together to sponsor two homes! You can see the progress of both of the homes here.
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