Tiffany knew when she grew up, she didn’t want to move from place to place, and she didn’t want to rent. When she moved out on her own, she said, she wanted it to be to a home she could own.
It wasn’t until age 30, when she gave birth to her daughter, Samiya, that she was inspired to really work toward that goal.
Read MoreWhen Sandra was looking for an affordable place to rent, some of the places she and her daughter found were just awful. “I remember breaking down and crying,” Sandra said. “Places that smelled so bad and had holes in the walls.”
So a Habitat home means a lot to her.
Read MoreIt was 2010. Regina had just come home from rehab and she didn’t have anything. No job, no car, no driver’s license, nowhere to live. “I was staying in a recovery house at that time,” Regina said. “I was struggling to say the least.” Regina walked into the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Murray Ave. She was just looking around, not really thinking about how Habitat might be able to help her.
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