HABITAT BUILDER
Winter 2022 - Issue 19
What’s
Inside
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Welcome New Legacy Society Members
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Builders’ Club Winter Membership Drive
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Faith and Community Partner Appreciation
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ReStore Coupon
YOU Helped Fulfill 27 Families’ Dreams During First Year of Expanding the American Dream Campaign Since the official launching of the Expanding the American Dream Campaign in January of 2021, YOU have helped 27 low-income families by completing critical repairs and providing homeownership opportunities. As the whole world has been “housebound” at some point this last year it has given people a new perspective on what it means to have a place to call home. Families in need of affordable housing live everywhere: small towns and villages, sprawling cities, and our community. Currently, many Americans believe that it is challenging to find affordable quality housing in their
communities, and more than half of The campaign is a $28 million all adults say they have made at least investment in the community, driven one tradeoff in order to cover their by the commitment to help more rent or mortgage. families achieve financial security and stability. It will provide critical “There is no comparison home repair and homeownership to between where we were and 100 families across the San Gabriel where we are now. We are no longer worried that our Valley and abroad. This number rent will be raised, which adds to the nearly 290 families SGV we would not be able to Habitat for Humanity has served afford. It is a feeling of since 1990. peace…We want to say
thank you to everyone for making our dreams come true.”
73 MORE TO GO
– Tamer and Mariese, New SGV Habitat Homeowners pictured above with their children Heaven and David
learn more: sgvhabitat.org/ead
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