Habitat for Humanity already has built some 1,000 homes in the Commonwealth of Virginia. What better time to announce a "boost" that will help Habitat build its next 1,000 homes in Virginia than the first day of National Homeownership Month.
![]() Governor Warner knows that providing $250,000 in HOME funds to Habitat each year for three years will help little girls like this one to live in decent and safe homes |
Saying "there still are too many low-income Virginians who don't have access to homeonwenership," Virginia Governor Mark Warner traveled to a Richmond neighborhood on June 1 to make a special announcement - that in each of the next three years, the State would provide Habitat with $250,000 in HOME funds to help more than 100 more families become homeowners.
The Governor's announcement brought a smile to the face of Marcia Cherry, the 24-year-old single mother of two. The announcement was made at the site of her new Habitat home, a home to which she has already contributed 200 hours of
![]() "There still are too many low-income Virginians who don't have access to homeownership," said Governor Warner, who then picked up a hammer to lend a hand in helping solve the problem |
"It feels great to have all these people out here volunteering," Ms. Cherry told the assembled press corps. "It's a wonderful feeling."
Hers is one of eight Habitat homes under construction on the block that Habitat estimates will have assessed values of between $90,000 and $120,000. "Habitat is the best kind of public-private partnership," the Governor told The Richmond Times-Dispatch, because it "makes the ultimate American dream" of homeownership "a reality."
This, he added just before picking up a hammer to help Ms. Cherry and state employees work on the new homes, "is the perfect way for us to kick-off National Homeownership Month."