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Chapel Hill House

On September 9, the first wooden walls at Canterwood were raised, framing the garage and breezeway of the Building on Faith home, lovingly sponsored by Chapel Hill Church.

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ICF with Carbon-Neutral Concrete

At the three-home plat in Gig Harbor, Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity is utilizing an innovative framing process: Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) with carbon-neutral concrete.

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GAF roofing academy students on the roof during a roof replacement project for a senior homeowner.

Roofing Academy Helps Seniors

Since 2021, Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity's Aging in Place critical home repair program has provided a dozen roof replacements for Pierce County senior homeowners – seven in partnership with the GAF Roofing Academy.

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Op-ed by Two CEOs

Tacoma Urban League CEO T'wina Nobles and Tacoma Habitat CEO Maureen Fife sound off about the racial disparity in homeownership in this op-ed, and announce a new partnership designed to move the needle of Black…

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Building on Faith: 2016

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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The Master Builders House

Master Builders Pierce Co House

The Master Builders Association of Pierce County have sponsored a home in our new development in the Fern Hill district of Tacoma. Meet the homeowners, Kevin and Chansorya and learn a bit of their story.

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A Roof for Phyllis

A Roof for Phyllis

Our new Aging in Place program provided Phyllis a much-needed new roof, thanks to partners GAF, Achten's Roofing, and funding from Wells Fargo Foundation. This is a great neighbors-helping-neighbors story.

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Building on Faith: 2020

The Pierce County Deanery, representing twenty five Catholic parishes, is the sponsor for the 2020 Building on Faith house. Future homeowner, Jessica, says it's meant to be; her mom was the 2003 Building on Faith…

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Be a Habitat Hero

You may not be able to pick up a hammer to help us build just now, but we've put together a list of how you can be a hero to Habitat even in this uncertain…

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