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Improved Health and Nutrition: A Hidden Benefit of Homeownership
“The greatest wealth is health,” so goes the popular saying by the poet Virgil. So, while last month we talked about homeownership as a vehicle for wealth-building, […]
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Building Wealth through Homeownership
Overall stability, better health, improved educational performance, the freedom to have pets and make improvements… all of these are reasons why many people can benefit from affordable […]
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Winter 2025 Newsletter
Habichat: Building homes, communities and hope Winter 2025
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Fall 2025 Newsletter
Habichat: Building homes, communities and hope Fall 2025
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Award given for East Helena smelter site redevelopment
EAST HELENA — Those who have been working on the former East Helena ASARCO smelter site are now the recipients of a prestigious nationwide award. The Phoenix […]
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Foundations for families’: Habitat for Humanity opens 6 new East Helena homes
Helena Area Habitat for Humanity celebrated the official completion of six new homes Tuesday in an East Helena neighborhood. “In a time when 80% of Montanans can’t afford […]
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Habitat for Humanity dedicates homes to six families in East Helena
EAST HELENA — Becoming a homeowner is a part of the American dream, and now that is a reality for six Helena area families, all thanks to […]
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Spring 2025 Newsletter
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Helena Area Habitat for Humanity Restore is expanding
HELENA — The Helena Area Habitat for Humanity Restore is expanding and will be celebrating the new addition of its barn on Saturday. The Restore facility is […]
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Habitat for Humanity holding community information sessions on planned East Helena neighborhood
HELENA — Habitat For Humanity of the Helena Area plans to build its new 1,500-home Rose Hill neighborhood on 250 acres south of State Highway 282 in […]
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Fall Newsletter 2024
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The Cruel Game
Imagine our community’s housing challenges as a cruel game of musical chairs. As housing becomes more expensive, the most vulnerable are the first to lose their seat. In 2019 the average sales price of a home in the Helena area was $280,000. Today that number is over $470,000. That is a 68% increase in four…
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Fall Newsletter 2023
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Spring Newsletter 2023
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News and Media: Montana housing conference focuses on future following legislative session
HELENA – The need for affordable housing in Montana is taking center stage this week at a conference in Helena. About 270 people are registered to take […]
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News and Media: Helena Area Habitat for Humanity helps welcome four new homeowners
EAST HELENA — Owning a home is the dream of many Americans, but the Montana housing market can price many out of that dream. Thanks to Habitat […]
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News and Media: ‘It will always be ours’: Habitat for Humanity dedicates 4 new homes in East Helena
Helena native Samantha Laible grew up in the north valley, and the Capital High School graduate said rising housing costs have forced her and her 16-year-old daughter […]
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News and Media: ‘Pro-growth’ East Helena stands to quadruple housing stock in coming decade
East Helena officials’ pro-growth mentality over the past decade has laid the foundation for the town to more than quadruple its housing stock over the next decade. […]
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News and Media: Habitat for Humanity ReStore grand opening celebration is Saturday
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore will have a grand opening celebration Saturday at 1320 Market Ave., across from Lowe’s. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. There are plans […]
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News and Media: Helena religious organizations charge into housing crisis fray
Despite an unprecedented recent influx of millions of dollars in federal aid, Helena and Lewis and Clark County governments have been unable to wrap its arms around […]
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Fall Newsletter 2022
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News and Media: Helena Habitat ReStore moving to new location
HELENA — The Helena Area Habitat for Humanity will relocate its ReStore to a new, 13,000-square-foot facility here on market avenue. The Helena Area Habitat for Humanity […]