Now that Jaquira has the safety and security of her new Habitat home with a predictable monthly mortgage payment, she looks forward to building her and her children’s futures.
When Darimar got preapproved to buy a home, her choices were either fixer-upper houses or overpriced condominiums. “No windows, no doors, and they were priced at like $200,000 — How?” she said.
When this high school chorus teacher looked into homeownership, she found her salary was not enough to afford a home in the current housing market.
In celebration of the global Pay It Forward Day, BBX Capital partnered with Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Florida, Mississippi, and Canada to build homes, communities, and hope.
Teneshia decided she was going to become a homeowner more than a decade ago. She never gave up, despite numerous setbacks, including getting laid off just weeks before she was scheduled to close on a Habitat home.