This blog post was guest written by Habitat Wake volunteer, Laura Ogle.

Today was our first official “work” day and what better way to start it off than with a group reflection to share with one another why we’ve all come together in this beautiful country to help make a difference.

After an hour long bus journey with views ranging from the city high rise buildings to the city’s high rising slums, what an honor to have our team orientation at the National office with none ofter than Ana Cutts, the National Director. 

This blog post was guest written by Habitat Wake volunteer, Steven Worrell.

This blog post was guest written by Habitat Wake volunteer, Emily Hudspeth.

We woke up this morning to a glorious day in Buenos Aires. The team arrived throughout the day yesterday, and we got to start this morning with a guided tour of the city by bus. 

Race is more than a category assigned to a person based on physical or social traits. Race is a manufactured idea that deliberately limits people of color.

This is not a revolutionary statement, but it is good to be reminded often, and that’s what Habitat Wake’s leadership and board hoped to do by attending Alexa Broderick’s Equity Paradigm workshop last week.

Defining whiteness

There are many rules of thumb, and the FHFA has new suggestions for making those more accurate.

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.

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.

This blog post was guest written by Habitat Wake Volunteer, Ava Gruchacz.

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.

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: