Broadcast and Photo Highlights: Mother-Daughter Duo Purchase Habitat’s 2024 Women Build Home

New Women Build Habitat Homeowners Robin C. claps while her mother, LaRhonda C., happily waves during their home dedication celebration held August 28, 2024, in northeast Oklahoma City. The mother-and-daughter duo purchased the house for cost and without a down payment by partnering with Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity. They also fulfilled their 100-sweat-equity hours by helping to build their own and others’ homes. They plan to live there with Robin’s son, Rashon, a 9-year-old boy who has developmental disabilities. Photo by Steve Sisney.

Broadcast and Photo Highlights: Mother-Daughter Duo Purchase Habitat’s 2024 Women Build Home

COHFH 2024 Honorary Women Build Chair Vicki Behenna visits with COHFH Chair/CEO Ann Felton Gilliland during the home dedication this summer of the Women Build house in Oklahoma City.  Photo by Steve Sisney

COHFH Chair/CEO Ann Felton Gilliland prepares to hug Co-Homeowner Robin C. during the home dedication of the Women Build house that the young mother bought with her mother, LaRonda C., this summer in Oklahoma City. Photo by Steve Sisney

Kilee Thomas of KOCO-TV Channel 5 interviews new Habitat homeowner, Robin C., on August 28, 2024, during the home dedication of the Women Build house in Oklahoma City. Photo by Steve Sisney

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Mother-Daughter Duo Purchase Habitat’s 2024 Women Build Home

COHFH’s New Home Construction program helps new homeowners buy safe, secure and energy-efficient homes for cost and without a downpayment. COHFH’s Critical Home Repair program repairs and weatherizes the houses of homeowners in need. Habitat’s two ReStores sell “gently used” donated items at bargain prices and the proceeds help fund the Critical Home Repair program.

To date, Habitat has built over 1,102 homes in the greater Oklahoma City area and is one of Habitat for Humanity International’s top 10 affiliates. Applicants who wish to apply with the New Home Construction program must meet certain qualifications to be considered for the partnership program, including having a credit score of more than 600, and they must be able to get and make regular payments on an affordable mortgage. Applicants must also match the 2024 HUD annual income by family size guidelines for consideration. Let’s see if you’re ready for homeownership at Cornerstone Creek: Take this one-minute survey to see if you qualify: www.cornerstonecreek.org/cc-one-minute-survey.  For more information, call 405-232-4828