WASHINGTON (Oct. 4, 2010) – Today, to mark the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, Habitat for Humanity is kicking off its 27th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, as well as other building and awareness-raising events across the United States and around the world. President and Mrs. Carter, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary […]

Thanks to a dynamic collaboration between Bank of America and KGW, a 30-second clip featuring Habitat for Humanity will air on channel 8 beginning in mid-September through mid-October.  The video features the Gonzales-Hankins family who are future homeowners at Rivergate Commons in north Portland.

The first step is attending one of these meetings in September. Interested in being a Habitat homeowner? You may qualify to buy a Habitat home. The first step is to attend one of the meetings below. You may qualify if you are: A first time homeowner A U.S. citizen or permanent resident Currently living in […]

Congratulations to Anne Kornfeld who was selected as the winner of our first-ever Pens & Hammers volunteer essay contest! We’d like to thank everyone who participated and submitted their essay about volunteering with Habitat. Please read Anne’s essay below that outlines her experience building at Jubilee Commons. By Anne Kornfeld Volunteering for Habitat for Humanity […]

On Friday, August 20,  staff members from the Portland Housing Bureau ventured out to Habitat’s Lents Landing  site for a sunny build day as part of Habitat for Humanity’s Team Builders program. Team Builders program offers corportate groups the chance to step out of the cubicle, look away form the computer screen, build camaraderie and […]

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East has made the 2010 list of 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon and will appear in the October issue of Oregon Business magazine! Nonprofits are an important sector in Oregon that employs more than 150,000 employees. To recognize that nonprofits are also key businesses critical to the economic […]

Habitat’s nine-home Lents Landing development at SE 97th Avenue has been selected for the City of Portland’s ninth annual Build It Green! (BIG) home tour. The tour is meant to inform and inspire Portlanders to consider green technologies when building or remodeling homes. The more green housing becomes, the lower the city’s carbon footprint. This […]

(Portland, OR) The City of Portland announced the final building project that will receive funding from the Portland Energy Efficient Home Pilot (PEEHP), a grant fund created to offset the costs of constructing homes by builders that perform above the energy efficiency level of the 2008 Oregon Energy Code standards. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East […]

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East would like to recognize the leadership of Mr. Coats in the early days of our local affiliate. Our thoughts are with the Coats family. Coats, Orville A. 91 01/18/1919 07/06/2010 Orville A. Coats was born Jan. 18, 1919, in Cleveland, Okla., and passed away July 6, 2010, at Willamette View […]