The completion of a Habitat for Humanity project is culminated with a celebration dedication of the home(s) and ceremonial handing over the keys to the new first-time homebuyers. This dedication event celebrated two households becoming new homeowners.
This property is the first where SGV Habitat was able to use SB9, known as the California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency (HOME) Act. This new law enabled the nonprofit organization to split the single-family residential property into two lots and refurbish what was a garage for one of the homes into a one bedroom, one bathroom home on the back lot.
Tammy is a single mother who recently purchased and moved into the properties existing home – which needed minor repairs that were completed by SGV Habitat.
“This here is the dream”…said Tammy during the dedication event. “…Now I can hang up pictures and there is no landlord to tell me, you can’t put a nail there.”
Kiana, a 26 year-old Baldwin Park native, will soon purchase the newly constructed home on the back lot.
“I see in my future that with an affordable home I’ll be financially stable and in turn, I’ll avoid neglecting my basic needs,” says Kiana. “It is truly a dream come true to have this opportunity for safety, stability and happiness! I give all my gratitude to SGV Habitat for Humanity!”
The SGV Habitat affordable homeownership opportunity is life-changing for these households.