Jackie Kull credits the organization and counselor Eneida Powell with helping her overcome years of housing instability and achieve homeownership in Reading. For years, Jackie Kull said, it felt impossible to get ahead. Rent kept climbing, housing situations kept...
Groundbreaking highlights employer-supported homeownership initiative amid rising housing costs and ongoing shortage in Reading. Representatives of Habitat for Humanity of Berks County and Olivet Boys and Girls Club joined Thursday to mark the start of construction on...
Habitat Berks’ 10th annual event brings in about 250 attendees and is expected to top $50,000 as handcrafted creations support mission to expand homeownership and fight blight. Whimsical birdhouses took the shapes of landmarks, locomotives and anime characters at...
Homeowner earns keys to Douglass Street home after 200 hours of sweat equity as students, volunteers and community partners help transform vacant property. When Habitat for Humanity of Berks County’s executive director handed the keys for a renovated city row home to...
The public artwork has been added to a home at Douglass and Moss streets currently being renovated by the nonprofit organization. Standing on the northeast corner of Douglass and Moss streets late Wednesday morning, a brightly-colored mural stretching up the wall...
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