Nelson and Francisca and their boys worked hard on their home and enjoyed their journey to affordable homeownership with Habitat. They are the 16th family to move into Moss Landing, completing this affordable family neighborhood.

Having grown up in the Keys, and working as a firefighter and a teacher, homeownership felt out of reach to Iggy and Angela due to the current home prices and interest rates. They are so excited to finally be in their own home that they purchased with a 0% interest Habitat mortgage at an affordable price.

Teresa and German are very happy to finally have enough room for their family to be together comfortably. With two girls in school, and two more in the Navy, they are even able to welcome their older daughters home to visit so that the whole family can spend holidays together.

As a mother of two in the health care industry, Veronica worked hard to purchase a home for herself and her children. After completing hundreds of hours of sweat equity work on her home and her neighbors’ homes, and completing homeowner education classes, she was so happy when moving day finally arrived!

Amanda and her little boy are happy to have made Moss Landing their home. They have enjoyed getting to know their neighbors in this friendly family community, and our school system has the benefit of retaining a qualified school counselor who is putting down roots in the Lower Keys!

Yanet & Yandy and their girls are getting comfortable in their new home. They were so excited when they found out they had been selected to partner with Habitat and have been working hard to finish their home and helping their neighbors work on theirs as well.

Alana grew up in Key West and is a native Conch. She recently purchased her home for herself and her granddaughter, and she is loving her new neighborhood. “I just love my community, I just love where I live, and I am so grateful for the blessing of my new neighbors.”

Allison needed more space after her family size doubled when she adopted her two nieces. Their new 3-bedroom home gives them the space they need, and the girls are loving making it their own. They fit right into this welcoming family neighborhood.

Sabrina and her husband, Germain, are grateful to have been able to finally achieve their long-standing goal of home ownership in the Lower Keys. They wanted to build a legacy for their children, which had seemed unreachable in this real estate market. “That’s the one thing I wanted to give my family,” says Sabrina.

“This is the best neighborhood we’ve been in for our children,” says Andrea, a homeowner in Big Pine Key. The girls now have their own rooms and a nice quiet street to ride their scooters or practice their multiple sports.

Scott is so happy to be out of the rat race of the downtown rental market and in his own home with a yard for his two dogs and plenty of space for Scott and his roommate. “My life has improved so much, I can’t even tell you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Deborah & Seon were very grateful to their friends in the community who guided them to Habitat and helped them apply to be a Habitat partner family. “We are forever grateful,” Deborah said at her home dedication ceremony. The couple is now enjoying volunteering in the community and spreading the word about Habitat.

Blaire and Amy have been putting in sweat equity to remodel their home and have enjoyed being part of this process and adding all the touches that make this home their own. Now Amy has enough space to comfortably work from home and the girls are enjoying their own rooms and the trampoline in their backyard.

This partner family finally has space for their 5 children, which is not easy to find in the Lower Keys. Sean has really enjoyed the sweat equity work on their home. “It’s just been a blessing… The awesome part was just being able to contribute to the house and do certain things.”

Having immigrated from Cuba 5 years ago, this young family never dreamed they’d be able to own their own home in America. They were happy to be able to realize this dream and to learn some construction skills in the process. “Before… I didn’t know anything about construction… now I did everything in my house, so thank you!”

Having grown up in the Lower Keys themselves, this family felt priced out of the housing market and didn’t see a feasible path to home ownership, but wanted to stay in their hometown area. They are happy to have been given the chance to achieve their dream and to make this brand new home their own.