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First-time Habitat Homebuyer Celebrates Final Mortgage Payment

There’s something about your first. First love. First car. First job. First home. And then, for a select few, there’s a first life you helped…

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Raise the Roof 2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Raise the Roof event! Through sponsorship purchases, ticket sales, donations, raffle entries and robust bidding, we met…

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Habitat First-Time Homebuyer Applications Will Not Open Spring 2024

Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg announced this week it will not open applications to the first-time Homebuyer Program in 2024 due to a…

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Commemorating the Book and Music Lady at Habitat ReStore in Williamsburg

Susan Werych was known as “the book and music lady” at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Williamsburg. For several years, she was a fixture…

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HomeVestors® Names The Ugliest House Of The Year® for 2023

A charming 1890s farmhouse in Williamsburg, Va. has won the title of The Ugliest House Of The Year® for 2023 from HomeVestors of America, Inc.,…

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Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg Offering $1,000 Reward After Charles City County Construction Site Vandalized by Gunfire & Arson

The construction site that contains four Habitat for Humanity homes nearing completion in Charles City County has been vandalized for the second time. The destruction…

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Celebrating the Unsung Heroes: Honoring Lifetime Achievements and Volunteer Excellence

By Katie Turk Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg is pleased to extend its deepest gratitude to its dedicated volunteers for their selfless contributions…

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An Innovative Year for Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg in Meeting the Demands of the Housing Affordability Crisis

A year of challenges for Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg forced the local affiliate of the international nonprofit to be innovative to meet…

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Home Grown Fundraiser Brings Over $30,000 to Habitat

A dinner for the ages turned into a massive donation for a Habitat for Humanity house that will be sold to a widowed father of…

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Home for the Holidays in 3D — A Habitat First Celebrated in Newport News

Two weeks before Christmas, Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg dedicated a pair of innovative Habitat homes constructed in the southeastern section of Newport…

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