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Misty, single mother of two children, Hailey (10) and Jacob (2) is delighted to be partnering with Habitat in order to build their own home. Misty and her children had to move following the sale of multi-family development, of which their apartment is a part. Due to...

If anything is a constant in home improvement, it’s the trash. Home improvement projects tend to leave behind plenty of sawdust, screws, and scraps of wood. Donating your renovation materials keeps functional — and often desirable — items out of the landfill. Other...

January 2022 - The Andovers Magazine Homes will soon be filled on Stott Circle in Andover. This past fall, two families moved into the first of three affordable duplexes off Lupine Road that were built in conjunction with Andover Community Trust and Essex County...

Don Preston has been an affordable housing advocate for over twenty years. He joined Habitat for Humanity North Shore first as a Board member and construction volunteer, then as President in 2002, and finally Executive Director in 2016. He has been the heart and soul...

Everyone associated with Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity knows the name “Emerson.”  For the past two decades, Emerson served as the affiliate’s Building Director and go-to person for all things Habitat.  His retirement comes after a remarkable career, during...

November 14, 2020  Eagle Tribune Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity and North Shore Habitat for Humanity are combining their assets and abilities to create more affordable housing as the Essex County Habitat for Humanity. Over the past 35 years, in total the two...

November 12, 2020  WCVB5 Watch video by clicking here ANDOVER, Mass. — Habitat for Humanity is continuing its work in Andover as the pandemic rages on. "This will be Andover's first permanently affordable housing community," said Jacques Du Preez, of Habitat for...

August 10, 2020  Daily News SALISBURY — Misty Janvrin was on a Zoom call at work Friday morning when she found out she and her children's lives had just changed for the better. Javrin manages Raccoon Express car wash in Seabrook. She was one of five families awarded a...

Volunteers resume projects after months off due to pandemic July 23, 2020  Eagle Tribune ANDOVER — It’s one thing keeping things sanitized indoors during the coronavirus pandemic. Imagine trying to do the same at a construction site with dozens of volunteer workers...