Blog
05/13/2022
Bill Barrett Legacy House
Bill Barrett was a Habitat hero, and his impact on our organization and its people are boundless. His family honors his legacy with the construction of the Bill Barrett Legacy House, the first walls of…
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04/27/2022
Working in Home Repair
Habitat staffer Virginia shares a bit about what makes working in home repair so special.
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04/11/2022
Building on Faith
The Bill Barrett Legacy House is also the Building on Faith home for this year. Learn more about our Building on Faith program as well as future homeowner Sara.
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03/15/2022
Collegiate Challenge, 2022
After a hiatus of two years due to the pandemic, Collegiate Challenge is back! Tacoma Habitat was pleased to welcome students from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) and Catholic University of America (Washington DC).
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02/10/2022
Stephanie’s Birthday Builds
Stephanie began volunteering with Tacoma Habitat when she was a student at the University of Puget Sound more than a decade ago and continues to volunteer. We recently caught up with her to talk about…
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05/13/2021
Escalating Material Costs
Homebuilding is facing another critical barrier, and it's probably not what you’d guess. Lumber prices are seeing an unprecedented spike, and the industry is experiencing shortage of other building materials which also drive price hikes.
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04/22/2021
MFTE Program Updates
SB 5287 culminates this multi-year effort to extend and expands Washington State’s multi-family tax exemption (MFTE) program.
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01/04/2021
Volunteer Return Plan
We have started to find a new rhythm for working, albeit laden in PPE and never more than 6' in proximity to one another. With weeks of testing and some lessons learned under our belt, the first phase…
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05/15/2020
Welcome home, Angela
Angela’s home is the first to be completed by Habitat since the Stay Home, Stay Healthy Order took effect. After two long years of waiting and a contribution of 200 hours sweat equity, Tacoma Habitat…
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