Nine Homes Dedicated; Eight More Underway Lents Landing (SE 97th and Woodstock) “May your doors always be open and friends be always entering” is written on the wall of Adina Kibret’s future home by a well-wisher who participated in the wall-raising of the first four homes of Habitat’s Lents Landing project on June 27. Nine […]

By Kira Harris Growing up Christina Severdia dreamed the American dream: get a good job after college, marry the perfect man, buy a house and build a beautiful family. But, as is often the case with life, a simple twist of fate changed everything. In 1998, Christina met Mark Severdia, a military man who had served […]

Interested in learning about our five-year goals and strategies? Our plan is posted in the About Us section or you can click here. Planning for the Future During Challenging Times By Steve Messinetti, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East This July, Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East celebrated its first successful year of the […]

Habitat for Humanity’s Portland Pride Build receives a $15,000 award, which completes their goal to raise $60,000 and helps seed the next home in 2010. (July 27, 2009) Portland, Ore.-Kaiser Permanente has awarded $15,000 to support Habitat for Humanity’s Portland Pride Build. With the receipt of this volunteer grant, the Portland Pride Build leadership team […]

Habitat Completes Four More Homes, including an ADA home for a mother with a son in a wheelchair July 17, 2009 (Portland, Ore.)- Robin Smith has waited for this day for a long time. Her son, Andrew, has been in a wheelchair his entire life, and Smith has been working two jobs at times in […]

A 23-home Habitat for Humanity project in Rockwood just got a huge financial boost The Outlook (Gresham, OR) July 18, 2009 By Mara Stine Wells Fargo is donating $60,000 to the Portland/Metro East affiliate, which is building Jubilee Commons on Southeast 197th Avenue between East Burnside and Stark streets. The money is part of a […]

Building Communities, Breaking Barriers Portland Pride Build, made up of members of the GLBT community, and a group of Presbyterian churches are sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity duplex that kicks-off June 27 June 17, 2009 (Portland, Ore.)- Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East is honored to be the second Habitat affiliate in the United States to […]