Nine years ago, Kathi Rodgers was watching her usual morning TV news program when she saw a commercial that would change her life. Jimmy Carter was being interviewed and right before his segment the network aired a commercial about Carter’s involvement with Habitat for Humanity. “I saw the commercial and then heard Jimmy talk about […]

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East’s Summer Block Party was a great success! On July 18, future Habitat homeowners, volunteers, staff, neighbors and community members celebrated the launch and construction progress on the first phase of 45 homes at our SE 171st and Division Street neighborhood! Party patrons rocked out to live music from local group […]

In March of 2011, local Habitat supporter Colleen Kaleda embarked on her seventh Global Village trip, her fifth as a team leader, with a group of 13 volunteers to the village of Debre Birhan, in Ethiopia. After seeing the need for decent, affordable housing all over the world through her service trips, she knew that […]

Last month, Habitat said goodbye to two of the organization’s most senior staff. While Habitat will miss both Jennifer Perkins and Kris Cowan immensely, we are excited for their next journeys. Jennifer Perkins has always been rooted in volunteerism. After college, Jennifer got straight to work serving as an AmeriCorps Volunteer Coordinator for an organization that […]

This summer, Habitat will kickoff a ten-home new construction build site on Portland’s central eastside. Heather Gramp, Foundation and Government Relations Manager The project is located at 420 SE 106th Avenue, a centrally located site that had practical appeal to many prospective Habitat home buyers. There is great access not only to Max and TriMet, […]

Careful planning, strong relationships within the home building industry and a whole lot of heart! These essential ingredients all went into making the Home Builders Blitz 2012 an amazing success. The Home Builders Blitz 2012 is a Habitat for Humanity International event in which professional home builders across the nation housed 200 Habitat families in […]

On May 19, Habitat welcomed 24 new families into the Homeownership Program and kicked-off what will be a life changing experience for over 40 local children and their parents. These families were among 275 others who attended application meetings in east Portland in February with the hopes of finding a solution to their deteriorating or unaffordable […]

Local AmeriCorps restore historic houses for new families during AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. By Soyia Ellison, HFHI Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East AmeriCorps members Leah O’Bryant (left) and Ellen Ginda are spending the week rehabbing a stucco house in South Gate. Photo by Jess Koehler South Gate Mayor Bill DeWitt stopped by the […]

Portland Pride Build built it’s first two homes for the Jimenez family at Lents Landing in 2010 and for the Keith family at Rivergate Commons in north Portland in 2011. Their third home is currently under construction at Habitat’s SE 171st and Division Street site for the Thang family and is a part of one […]

ATLANTA (May 18, 2012) — Habitat for Humanity is the sixth-largest homebuilder in the U.S. based on house closings in 2011, according to the annual survey completed by BUILDER magazine. Habitat built or rehabilitated 4,970 homes across the United States and is the only non-publicly traded company in the top 10 ranking. “I’m very proud […]