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Hope is building: Habitat’s homebuilding updates from four future communities

March has arrived, and Habitat staff and volunteers have been working hard this winter on all five active construction sites. We’re excited to share the progress at each community, and what we have planned going forward this spring.   Foster Commons  Spring evokes images of flowers blooming, grass growing, and berries budding. Foster Commons, Habitat’s 40-home […]

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Construction update: New beginnings just ahead for homeowners 

The fall leaves are changing, and so are the look of these Habitat construction sites across the Portland region. We’ve got the latest progress updates!   Foster Commons Habitat’s 40-home Pleasant Valley community is in the final touch-up stage! Travis Schultz, the site’s Construction Superintendent, said certificates of occupancy are starting to come in and homeowners […]

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Sun’s out, hard hats out for Habitat volunteers

It’s summer volunteer season at Habitat build sites!  This summer promises to be big for Habitat volunteers who are helping finish several communities, while our construction team is getting new sites ready for building. Here’s a brief rundown of construction work underway at three of our communities in the metro area.   Alder Commons   Work at […]

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Construction update | Wet winter makes way for a spring push

  Habitat homeowners, volunteers and staff didn’t let wild winter weather — including the most snowfall Portland’s seen since 1943! — slow them down on three of our most active construction sites. Here are the exciting developments happening at each.  Foster In this 40-home community in Portland’s Pleasant Valley neighborhood, the first half of all […]

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Building For the Future | Fall Construction Update

Cherry Blossom | Southeast Portland  Fall has settled in on Habitat build sites around the region, but the towering fir trees at our Cherry Blossom development are as green as ever. The first eight out of 31 homes at the Southeast neighborhood community have passed inspection and excitement is in the air as homebuyers prepare […]

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Welcoming Fall with More Affordable Homes | Construction Update 

Credit: Video shot by Dillon Vibes, and edited by Amanda Bernhardt.  As the weather slowly begins to drop in temperature and we transition from summer to fall this month, our construction crews diligently move quickly and take advantage of all the sunlight left as we progress toward completing our communities. We currently have homes in […]

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Almost 80 homes under development this Summer! | Construction update  

Habitat blue hard hats dot our construction sites, and workers with orange vests raise frames, giving our communities a glance into a hopeful future. Through your support, we are establishing more communities across the Portland Region than ever! These homes mean much more than shelter; for Oregonians, it means optimism and a new chapter in […]

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Tackling Housing Affordability | Construction Update

This April, we began our work with the same enthusiasm for building more affordable homes, but something different was in the air. Our energetic and loving volunteers filled the inside of the houses with lots of community conversations and shared laughter. Since the pandemic, we’ve missed working with new volunteers – but since recently reopening […]

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Building Homes, Changing Lives

Despite the challenges posed by Covid, we continue to expand our mission to build stable foundations across the Portland Region. Watch this video to see how we have overcome challenges and responded to the need for affordable homeownership. 

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Construction Update: Breaking ground on new communities during Winter

The past year was full of achievements due to the generous support of our supporters. Amid Winter weather in this new year, we continue building communities in Southeast Portland, Southeast Beaverton, Northeast Portland, North Portland along with two new communities: eight new homes near TV Highway in Southeast Hillsboro and forty new homes in Southeast Portland. […]

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