Habitat Wake is excited to introduce three new Advocacy Committee members as we kick off the new year! Our Advocacy Committee includes 14 community members connected to affordable housing through policy expertise, relationships to local government, community organizing or lived experience.
For a home to be affordable, housing expenses must be less than 30 percent of a family's income. In Wake and Johnston counties, one in four families spends too much of their income on housing, leaving little left over for other necessities like food, transportation, education and healthcare.
Habitat Wake has officially kicked off development in our second largest community: Old Poole Place!
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County launched our inaugural Veterans Build this week with a home preservation project in Willow Springs. The project includes fencing in the yard of a local veteran so he can provide a safe space for a service dog.
What is affordable housing?
Simply put, housing is affordable when a household spends no more than 30% of their income on housing, including their rent or mortgage, property taxes, and insurance.
VP of Faith Relations and Habitat Wake founder Rick Beech remembers Dorothy B. Smith, one of Habitat Wake's earliest homebuyers.
Patricia Burch, Habitat Wake’s new CEO, started with us on Monday, October 10 and has hit the ground running. Patricia is enthusiastically looking forward to meeting all of our supporters across our build sites, in our ReStores and upcoming events. In the meantime, get to know her a little better with these 15 questions:
Faith leaders support and empower their communities. Habitat Wake’s Faith Partners powerfully support our mission by partnering in builds that bring families home. Together, and across faiths, we are united for a greater purpose, that everyone has a decent place to call home. We are thankful for the many clergy that work passionately alongside us on our build sites, and in advocating for affordable housing for all. This year for Clergy Appreciation Day we are spotlighting a few of our key clergy supporters and friends.
RALEIGH, NC (October 4, 2022) – Habitat for Humanity of Wake County’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved Patricia Burch as the organization’s next Chief Executive Officer.
