2023 Legislative Agenda
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The Palmer Family
About Habitat for Humanity Habitat homes are not free. They are purchased with 0% interest and homebuyers must commit over 200 hours of “sweat equity” to the construction of their home. Adasha volunteered in any way possible and went beyond the required 200 hours. To continue their story, please visit and support Habitat for Humanity [...]
SML Grant Material
Please use this unlisted page as a quick and easy way to find the online materials we reference in our grant application. Habitat for Humanity Texas in the News The following are examples of news coverage. More available. Habitat Texas Capitol Build 2022 Austin American Statesman - [...]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Government partnership helps local family become homeowners
New Homeowners for the Holidays Austin, Texas, November 18, 2021 – As the holiday season quickly approaches, a family in Seguin now has a new place to call home thanks to the combined efforts of Guadalupe Valley Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity Texas, and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs [...]
Spirit of Texas Bank Facilitates FHLB HELP Grant for Local Homeowner
SOTB Facilitates Grant for Local Homeowner Currently, one in seven Texans live in a home that is unaffordable. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a single mother earning minimum wage ($7.25 an hour) would need to work 121 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental house at Fair Market Rent in [...]
2021-2022 Habitat Texas Board of Directors
Two New Board Members Appointed to Help Habitat for Humanity Texas’ Humanitarian Work Habitat for Humanity Texas (Habitat Texas) announced today the appointment of two distinguished new members to its board of directors: Vicki Johnson, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Montgomery County, Texas and Peter Witt, professor emeritus at Texas A&M University. Together, they [...]
Disaster Preparedness and Response
What to do after a natural disaster If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that we should expect the unexpected, and with hurricane season quickly approaching-while we hope for the best, we should also prepare for the worst. If a hurricane, tornado, or flooding causes significant damage, what are the next steps [...]
Texans suffered without lights or water for a few days, but for some, that’s just daily life
Texans suffered without lights or water for a few days, but for some, that’s just daily life By hour 10 of sitting in the darkness, with no phone or internet and temperatures plunging to 3 degrees Fahrenheit, I knew a slow-motion disaster was underway. There was nothing to do but wait. At 3 a.m., [...]
Texas’ unemployment system is confusing and frustrating. Here’s how to navigate it. Texas Tribune
Texas’ unemployment system is confusing and frustrating. Here’s how to navigate it. By Sally Beauvais, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica and Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune title="2020-12-04 05:00">Dec. 4, 2020 "Texas’ unemployment system is confusing and frustrating. Here’s how to navigate it." was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that [...]
2020-2021 Board of Directors
New Board Members to Help Habitat for Humanity Texas’ Humanitarian Work Habitat for Humanity Texas proudly announced its new board members Phillip Schmandt, Craig Chick, Andy York, Philip Stacy, Joey Hopkins, and John Trube, as part of twelve board members statewide. These members embody Habitat’s spirit of community and bring unique talent, specialized expertise, [...]