Habitat Community Leader Pays Off Her Home

A Homeowner with Deep Ties to Habitat Gloria has seen her fair share of Habitat families reaching milestone moments. As a respected community leader, dedicated Immokalee staff member and proud Habitat homeowner, Gloria has the pulse on all things Habitat. And now, she...

Teaching English Leads to Volunteering on Habitat Jobsite

One Good Deed Inspires Another Teaching English as a Second Language led Stephen McCloskey to the Habitat Collier jobsite. Having joined his wife Shelly teaching at the Literacy Volunteers of Collier County (LVCC), Stephen met future Habitat homeowner Louis at his...

Jobsite Superstar Reaches Life-Changing Milestone

Accomplishing the Milestone Staff members at Habitat Collier left their offices to the sound of a ringing bell to discover fellow coworkers in tears of joy, eventually congregating in the building’s common area. To great delight, the staff discovered that their...

Slum Lords Win in Affordable Housing Crisis

The current affordable housing crisis in Collier County has been particularly detrimental to low wage earning families and their dreams of owning a safe, decent place to call home. Making matters worse, the crisis empowers many landlords to raise rents, refuse...

Three Generations Break Free From Trailer

Off a Dirt Road Off to the side of a dirt road in Immokalee, a single number hangs from a washed out sign designating the address of four dilapidated trailers clustered in a field, one of which three generations of the Hipolita and Jose’s family call home....

Habitat Collier rated #1 Nationally by Charity Navigator

Habitat Collier Ranked First Nationally Among Non Profits Charity Navigator, the nation’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities, has rated Habitat for Humanity of Collier County the highest ranked charity in the nation for Community and Housing...