Builds

  Another group of future homeowners are anxious to see the walls go up on their new homes in 'Ele'ele, but before the walls can be raised they have to be built. Luckily, our baseyard provided the perfect cover from the rain for our homebuyers and volunteers to keep the progress going in our 'Ele'ele Iluna neighborhood. So along with the...

Students from Waimea High School spent time volunteering with Kaua'i Habitat for Humanity as part of their senior project this year. Each student in Shelby Erdmann's English Language Arts class is tasked with completing a culminating project in the second semester of their senior year. The experience is designed to encourage them to investigate a topic of their choosing based...

Construction continues at a steady pace in our 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. Our homebuyers have been working hard with volunteers and staff, building homes and transforming empty lots into a community they can be proud to call their own. At this point nearly 100 homes have been erected in the neighborhood, with more going up everyday. It's amazing driving through 'Ele'ele...

Another beautiful week brings progress in the construction of affordable housing for the hardworking families on Kaua'i! Just this week we saw the walls go up on the future home of the Evans 'ohana, all while work was being done on three other lots in the subdivision. Construction Site Supervisor Robert Knowles worked alongside homebuyers, AmeriCorps service members and core volunteers...

Our Construction Supervisors, AmeriCorps Servicemembers, homeowners and core volunteers have been very busy making dreams come true this week. Yes, the dream of homoeownership is alive and well in our 'Ele'ele Iluna neighborhood, especially for future homebuyers Robert Williams and Zachary Kawai who are seeing the walls go up in their future homes. The day the walls go up is always...

We have been blessed once again to be visited by a volunteer group from Trinity Western University! Trinity Western is a private Christian liberal arts university in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. These amazing college students are being led by Allan and Sylvia Kotanen and have spent more than a week working on various construction projects in our 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision....

A big mahalo to all the great volunteers from Corteva Agriscience that spent the day building homes and hope alongside our staff and homebuyers! This group worked on insulation, window trim and painting in our 'Ele'ele Iluna subdivision. It's amazing what they got done in just one day! Mahalo volunteers! If you know of or are a part of a group...

  Like many on Kaua'i, Joel found himself renting a room from his mother-in-law and his growing family was running out of space. Joel, his wife, and two kids share a room and a bed. With a six year old and a nine month old, Joel has known for a while that he needs space for his family to grow. Longing...