Our fall building season has been busy with the start of construction on new homes in the cities of Montebello and Inglewood. Partnership Housing, the City of Montebello and Habitat LA recently broke ground on two duplexes that will bring four affordable homeownership opportunities to the city. In Inglewood, we began building three homes with the help of more than 100 volunteers on Veterans Day.

We also dedicated four homes and celebrated the families who will be having their first holiday in their new home. The dedication of the Green family's home in Long Beach was the perfect way to spend World Habitat Day, a day devoted to recognizing everyone's right to adequate shelter. On October 22nd, the Bernal family received the keys to their home which was sponsored and built by Thrivent Financial and a coalition of Christian churches. The Leal family dedication took place on October 28th with Delta Air Lines who sponsored the home and whose employees built it in six weeks! We also recently kicked off the season of gratitude with the Loza family dedication on Nov. 21st. Thank you to Thrivent Financial, Grifols, Nissan and the Heisman Trophy Trust for helping us welcome this very special family home! For more information on Habitat LA's Homeownership program, click HERE. 

Help build a better California by supporting Habitat for Humanity California with your California State Tax Return. There are more than 100,000 non-profits in California and Habitat for Humanity is one of 20 that you can donate to by designating a contribution in box number 428 next to "Habitat for Humanity Fund." A voluntary contribution is an election made by the taxpayer to designate a portion or all of their tax return to charitable funds.