Family Stories

Meet The
Pearson Family
"This is my story, it started when I was 17, but truly it started before I was born, it was all planned."

Meet The
Waters Family
"Being a homeowner means being happy. Being proud. And mostly believing in yourself, and that you can have anything you want, especially if you put sweat into it."

Meet The
Outlaw Family
"I thank GOD and HABITAT for HUMANITY for choosing me to become a homeowner. I am so thankful, appreciative and so grateful to become a part of the HABITAT HUMANITY COMMUNITY.
There is life after disappointment, GOD is the way."
Meet The
Miller Family

"If you give a person a fish, you feed them for a day, but if you teach someone how to fish then you feed them for a lifetime."
Meet The
Clemons Family

"All I can say is God is good! Keep believing in yourself, keep striving, do not look at your past. Have faith and anything is possible! Habitat made a way for us and we will be forever grateful!"
Meet The
Wilson Family

"I can finally have a piece of mind when I close my eyes at night knowing that my family will be safe and living in our OWN home!"
Meet The
Leach-Herring Family
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"I never imagined in all of my childhood years that I would own a home in Suffolk VA. All the obstacles that I faced, growing up in New York City, living in an overcrowded house with family..."

Meet The
Alexander Family
"Samantha decided it was time for her and her two kids to find a forever home. During their search, their neighborhood was becoming increasingly dangerous..."

Meet The
Baker Family
"Without Habitat's help, I may not have ever been able to give my kids a home of our own. God put Habitat for Humanity in my life as a blessing."

Meet The
Skeens Family
"...whenever I dreamed of owning my house I knew I wanted it to be in South Norfolk. While going to work one morning, I noticed a house with a “Habitat for Humanity” sign on the lawn..."
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