{"id":32142,"date":"2022-07-18T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=32142"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:13:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T23:13:52","slug":"habitat-for-humanity-of-ventura-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/habitat-for-humanity-of-ventura-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yardi is committed to supporting the community in every city where our offices are housed. Each year, the company distributes philanthropic aid<\/a> to organizations selected by its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, Yardi offices supported more than 350 nonprofits worldwide. For the remainder of the year, we will be bringing you the stories of those organizations and insight into how they aid their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Today, let\u2019s get to know Oxnard, Calif.-based Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County<\/a>, which builds homes in partnership with local, low-income families who invest 500 hours of \u201csweat equity\u201d into building their future homes, which they purchase for an affordable mortgage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe provide no-cost, critical health and safety home repairs to seniors, veterans, people with disabilities and other low-income homeowners so they can remain in their homes safely and comfortably in the long-term. We advocate at all levels of government for policies that create more affordable housing for struggling individuals and families,\u201d said Katie Norris, Director of Development & Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, the organization has completed 72 homes and has five more currently underway. This has helped 72 families become first-time homeowners. They have also completed nearly 200 home repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, Habitat for Humanity is beginning a 10-home build in Simi Valley, completing dozens more home repairs for low-income homeowners across Ventura County, and pushing state lawmakers to include significantly more funding for affordable owner-occupied housing and mortgage assistance for low-income families in the state budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe generous funding we received from Yardi will help us significantly as we build and repair dozens more homes in Ventura County over the next several years,\u201d said Norris. \u201cWe are incredibly grateful to Yardi for the high level of support they\u2019ve given us over the past couple of years. Our work is made possible by local donors like Yardi who feel passionately about our vision to create a county where everyone has a decent place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One family\u2019s story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet Deana and her daughter, Saynt. Deana is a hardworking single mom who has been searching for a safe place to live with her five-year-old daughter for a long time. Often forced to move from place to place and renting rooms and apartments in unsafe neighborhoods, Deana worried that Saynt wouldn\u2019t be able to thrive like other children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe dreamed of a place they could call their own, but with the ever-increasing cost of living, homeownership seemed impossible,\u201d said Norris. One day, \u201cSaynt’s preschool teacher told her that they were a Habitat homeowner, and that it had changed their family\u2019s life. Deana found Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County and added her name to our interest list.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the opportunity to become a Habitat homeowner in Port Hueneme came up, Deana was first in line to apply. Deana has invested several hundred hours into building her future home alongside Habitat Ventura volunteers and will move into her new home this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to move in, have financial stability and a home where my daughter can flourish\u2026 I can\u2019t wait to live freely without the stress of having to move repeatedly. Thank you to everyone at Habitat Ventura, from the bottom of my heart,\u201d said Deana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA common misconception about Habitat is that we give homes away. We do not \u2013 we offer a hand up to low-income families through affordable homeownership opportunities they wouldn\u2019t otherwise have. We help families access financing and Habitat Ventura families\u2019 monthly mortgage payments are usually lower than what they were paying to live in substandard housing,\u201d explained Norris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAffordable homeownership is a roadmap out of poverty \u2013 families earn equity over time, they don\u2019t have to move from place to place, and the benefits last for generations. Families break the cycle of uncertainty and fear and can finally invest in themselves and their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteer opportunities for Southern California employees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habitat Ventura relies on thousands of volunteers per year to advance its mission. Volunteer opportunities include new construction, home repair, working in the organization\u2019s ReStores (discount home improvement stores that help fund our work), special events, government advocacy, and administrative projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about opportunities and volunteer, contact Crystal Star at crystal@habitatventura.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County at https:\/\/habitatventura.org\/<\/a>, and find future non-profit profiles at https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/category\/giving.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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