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Growing up, I never had a home to call my own. As a mom, it makes me proud to lock my door every day and go to work because I have a home to uphold.

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Affordable Housing

Hurricane Florence—Housing is always on the table.
During a weather emergency, where you live and the condition of your home is critical.

Even though it quickly downgraded, Hurricane Florence has deeply affected the coasts of North and South Carolina and is hitting communities hard. Widespread flooding, debris, loss of power, and downed trees threatened homes, livelihood, and well being.
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Faith

Join us for the Raleigh Greek Festival!
Bring your family and friends to experience a weekend of culture and tradition at the 37th annual Raleigh Greek Festival! This event will take place at the Jim Graham Building at the NC State Fairgrounds on Friday, September 7 (5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.), Saturday, September 8 (11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.) and Sunday, September 9 (11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.).

The Raleigh Greek Fest is sponsored by the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Habitat Wake's fourth largest faith partner.
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Homeownership

Where have all the homebuyers gone?
This blog post was guest written by Habitat Wake Volunteer, Ava Gruchacz.
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Affordable Housing

Housing subsidies
Check out this recent New York Times article around Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson’s proposals to drastically raise rents in federally subsidized housing. Dr. Carson’s premise is that subsidized housing just promotes families staying in that housing for a lifetime and provides some sort of disincentive for work. I think analysis will show that it is a much more complicated situation than solely that.
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Homeownership

Boastfulness
Last night, we dedicated Korishia’s new home near downtown Fuquay-Varina. Korishia and her daughter were very excited, the home was beautiful, and a large cadre of volunteers from both our corporate partners John Deere Company, Bob Barker Company and a large coalition of SW Wake-area churches came to share in the celebration.

In her words of thanks and remarks, Korishia shared with us the scripture from Jeremiah 9:23-24:
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Affordable Housing

Joint Center on Housing Studies releases 2018 data
On Wednesday, Harvard’s Joint Center on Housing Studies (JCHS) released its annual report on the State of the Nation’s Housing. Each year, the report gives an update on key trends in housing across the country and in select metropolitan areas.
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News & Updates

Hurricane Florence—Housing is always on the table.

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Where have all the homebuyers gone?

Housing subsidies

Boastfulness

Joint Center on Housing Studies releases 2018 data

Hurricane Florence

Purchase a home

Build the Beloved Community

Together, we build.

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News & Updates

Hurricane Florence—Housing is always on the table.

Join us for the Raleigh Greek Festival!

Where have all the homebuyers gone?

Housing subsidies

Boastfulness

Joint Center on Housing Studies releases 2018 data