Habitat for Humanity

New Home Construction

We completed our last  new home project on Douglas Street in Richmond in March 2020.  The homeowner worked hard alongside our volunteers and she was thrilled to move in with her young daughter. Then COVID hit and, like many other ministries, we were forced to shut down.

Now that the pandemic restrictions are easing, we are ready to resume our mission of helping deserving families become homeowners.  We plan to start our next home on Center Street, also in Richmond, in September.  More details will be 
coming soon on this page and in the parish bulletin.  If you are on our mailing list, you will receive notices and signup invitations.  If you are not on the mailing list, please contact Steve Pondell, spondell@comcast.net.

Go to the SignUps page for information on how to register to work on this project.

Hurricane Harvey Recovery

Shortly after Hurricane Harvey hit our area, volunteers from St. Laurence Habitat began to help area homeowners “Muck and gut” their homes.  This is the process of removing flood damaged items, flooring, sheetrock, etc.  and getting the home ready for rebuilding.  We worked with other local agencies and cleaned out 24 homes.
 
As we finished this initial phase of recovery, we realized that many of these homeowners were facing a long period without a place to live.  We decided to postpone our new home building program for 2017-2018 and concentrate our efforts on this critical housing need.  Again, working with various local agencies, we helped hurricane victims find funding and then scheduled the work of rebuilding their homes.  To date, we have helped rebuild at least 13 homes.

Currently, some of our volunteers are also helping a non-profit agency, Attack Poverty, in building a small replacement home for a home that was in poor shape and then destroyed by Harvey.  If you are on our email list you will receive signup invites.  If you are interested, contact Steve Pondell.