“Habitat gives you freedom and independence — the opportunity to be your own landlord,” says Habitat homeowner Joseph. “Finding out about Habitat at the time that I did, I feel it was meant to be.”
Joseph, a Navy veteran with quadriplegia, devoted his life to the service of others. Joseph has a passion for veteran advocacy, and volunteers at TROT and Heroes on the Hudson. Even when he completed sweat equity for his own home, he continued to build alongside volunteers and future homeowners at the Habitat work site.
Joseph looks at it this way, “If you don’t serve mankind, then what are you doing in this world?”
Thanks to donors and volunteers like you, Joseph is the first of his generation to own his own home.
Joseph purchased his home in partnership with Habitat for Humanity’s Veterans Build program, which helps build and repair affordable homes with US Veterans.
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