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We’re just a small family,” Jennifer said. “We just need a small house and a small piece of land, but we have big dreams.

Jennifer and Warren Small, Homeowners

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Advocacy

2026 Policy Priorities: What We’re Advocating for in the Coming Year
The affordable housing crisis in our community is urgent. Habitat Wake is committed to innovating to meet the scale of need, including through systemic policy change across the housing continuum. Every year, Habitat Wake sets policy priorities that reflect the most important housing issues we need to tackle as a community.
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Jessica's Story
For Jessica, life has always been a balancing act between her work as a preschool account specialist and her role as a mom to three children: a 15-year-old son and two young daughters, ages 2 and 4. Add the constant stress of rental stability, and questions about school zoning, budgeting, and day-to-day life became hard to predict from year to year.

“Basically, outside of working and doing mom stuff, that’s really all I do. And because of how home prices have changed in Raleigh across my life it’s been a struggle for me trying to be a homeowner on my own,” Jessica says.
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Advocacy

Maintaining Peak of Good Living: Habitat Speaks to Apex Town Council
The following is a speech from Habitat Wake founder Rick Beech, delivered to the Apex Town Council on February 10, 2026

I have lived in Apex since 1998. I love living at the “Peak of Good Living”. I was fortunate to move here when families with modest incomes, including many public servants, could afford to live here. I passionately speak tonight with the hope that Apex could again be a place where public servants can live and serve. I plead for the Town’s help so that the dream of serving and living in Apex does not stop with my generation.
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Advocacy

Your Voice Matters: Rae Advocates for Affordable Housing on Capitol Hill
Last week, Habitat Homeowner Rae joined nearly 500 Habitat for Humanity leaders, supporters and homeowners in Washington, D.C. to participate in the annual Habitat on the Hill Conference. This gathering provides a platform for Habitat affiliates across the nation to meet with lawmakers and urge them to act on affordable housing solutions. For Rae, it was also an opportunity to share her story directly with her representatives.
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Volunteer Valentines!
"The very first time we volunteered with Habitat the weather was terrible and they had us dig footings out with shovels. As we were driving home that night, we both said, ‘We will never do this again.’”

Amy and Joel would never have imagined that years later they would be at the Habitat Wake construction site every week...for fun!

Their journey into regular volunteering with Habitat was gradual.
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Habitat Homeowner

Building Her Own Future
Chyna is used to caring for others. As a healthcare worker in Wake County, she spends her days (and nights) monitoring patients through some of their hardest moments. But the cost of housing in Wake County has left her little time to care for herself.

“I was juggling a lot of overtime hours at my job,” she said. “Day in and day out working 12, sometimes 16 hours, just to make ends meet.”

At the center of it all was housing. Chyna was navigating a rental market that continuously moved the goalpost.
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Week of Action: March 23–27, 2026

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2026 Policy Priorities: What We’re Advocating for in the Coming Year

Jessica's Story

Maintaining Peak of Good Living: Habitat Speaks to Apex Town Council

Your Voice Matters: Rae Advocates for Affordable Housing on Capitol Hill

Volunteer Valentines!

Building Her Own Future

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Habitat for Humanity of Wake County

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Read more.

Week of Action: March 23–27, 2026

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News & Updates

2026 Policy Priorities: What We’re Advocating for in the Coming Year

Jessica's Story

Maintaining Peak of Good Living: Habitat Speaks to Apex Town Council

Your Voice Matters: Rae Advocates for Affordable Housing on Capitol Hill

Volunteer Valentines!

Building Her Own Future

Special Thanks to our Corporate Sponsors:

Whole Home Builder

Future Framer

Dream Developers