Everyone’s journey to Habitat homeownership looks different. For Habitat homebuyer Yousuf, that journey involved escaping an authoritarian Eritrean regime, living for a year in a tent in an Ethiopian refugee…
What’s Happening Now
Transforming the Wooden Nickel
"The Wooden Nickel" by Grace Steinmetz was presented to Habitat during the dedication of its offices at 321 S. Queen St. on January 19, 1991. Marjorie Rupert-Mumma, the Lancaster Habitat…
A Brief History of Emerald Valley
In August of 1994, Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity (known then as Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity) broke ground on its most ambitious project at that point in the affiliate’s…
Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity Celebrates 40 Years of Building Affordable Homes!
Happy New Year! This year is extra special for Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity. We're celebrating 40 years of building affordable homes and making first-time homebuyers in Lancaster and Lebanon…
Introducing our Local Vision Statement
At Lancaster-Lebanon Habitat for Humanity, we believe that a stable, affordable home is the foundation for a stronger community. Yet for too many of our neighbors, the dream of…
Meet Donescha
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…
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 been…
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…