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Meet Francois, Alice and their children Isaac, Jemima, Grace and Dan. Francois and Alice and their family arrived in the US from the Congo in waves. They settled in Roxbury and Dorchester until they could all move out of the city and into an apartment together....

December 21, 2021 - Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg When Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg dedicates a new home to a family, it always signifies a special occasion, but the Dec. 21, 2021, ribbon-cutting marked a national...

Meet Misty and her young children Hailey and Jacob. Misty has been anxious about instability and uncertainty and fears homelessness after needing to move when the multi-family development their apartment was part of was sold.  All she wants is a safe, decent, stable...

Meet Maribel and her kids Adelina and Sebastian. Before Maribel moved to the U.S., she was a dentist in the Dominican Republic. Now she works shifts that are 10 hours or more and often overnight as a personal home care assistant. The family lives on the top floor of a...

Meet Lucy and her sons Xavier and Giovanni. They have been living in a "two-bedroom" apartment. That's in quotes because Lucy's bedroom is really just a storage room that the landlord calls a bedroom. There's no closet or window. So in the summer it gets so hot that...

Following many months of delays, due to the global pandemic, we couldn't be more excited to finally be welcoming deserving families home! During August, we were fortunate to welcome home our first two families in Andover, as well as families home in Wenham. New...

A home provides a strong sense of security and comfort, this is especially true for older adults. Now, imagine being an elderly, disabled person, currently living alone in a run-down house that is in critical need of repair. What would you do? Whom would you turn to?...

Richard (Dick) Sumberg, Founder at The Financial Advisors LLC in Andover, MA, received Honorable Mention in the 15th Annual Invest in Others Awards for his philanthropic contributions to Essex County Habitat for Humanity. Dick is pictured above next to his wife,...