Donescha couldn’t believe the text she was reading, but after almost 10 years in her rental house in Lancaster, her landlord messaged her that she’d have to move out. “Being there…
What’s Happening Now
Meet Stephanie
On the first day of May, homebuyer Stephanie took a moment to reflect as she stood alongside three of her four future neighbors on the site of their future Habitat…
The Linden Street Build
On the heels of our last multi-home project in Columbia, completed last year, our Habitat team is gearing up for the next build in the borough. This spring we will…
Meet Estefanye
Estefanye will be the first person in her family to own a home. And hopefully, she says, she’ll be the first of many future homeowners in her family. “It’s always…
I Choose You
We have celebrated not one, but TWO house matches in recent weeks. This is the much anticipated milestone when homebuyers in our program meet their minimum required sweat equity hours…
Meet Homebuyer Kenya
For Habitat homebuyer Kenya, buying a home through Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity is everything. “It’s everyone’s dream to have their own home,” Kenya said.Originally from the Bronx, New York,…
What Is House Match?
A question we often get at Habitat is how homebuyers choose their Habitat home. The process is called House Match, and it's a huge milestone on the journey to Habitat…
Kala’s House Match
Kala and her family made a Habitat milestone this month by selecting her future Habitat home from our inventory. Known as "house match," this decision is the next step towards…
Open Doors: 30 Homes, 30 Families
On March 14th, our Habitat team publicly announced our 30-home building campaign, Open Doors. This ambitious 5-year, $4 million initiative will grow Habitat's construction output by 50 percent, and empower…
Meet Homebuyer Ivelisse
Ivelisse has a beautiful way of describing how essential home is to life. She compares a safe, stable house to the habitat that caterpillars must have to go through their…