Homeownership stories

Most afternoons, you’ll find the family outside – Wintana watching the kids run and laugh while she sips her coffee, and Tesfayesus joining in after work. They’ve built a life full of love and energy. All that’s missing is a home that’s truly their own.

After years of high rent and costly moves, Adam and Zoya are finally building a future they can call their own. Read how their Habitat for Humanity home will give their children space to grow and their family the stability they’ve worked so hard for.

Habitat for Humanity homeowners Teklemichael and Ruta have worked hard to build a life in Canada since immigrating in 2013. As their family began to build a Canadian foundation, their family has doubled in size. Their two boys, Naod and Yosief, both born in the past five years. 

Future Habitat homeowners Ali and Ilknur are looking forward to putting down roots – both literally and metaphorically. One of the very first things they plan on doing when they move into their brand-new home in Chestermere next year is to build raised beds to plant their own vegetable garden. 

For Pamela and Joel, the dream of homeownership has always been simple: a safe, stable place to raise their son, Dimitriy (Dima), and a community to belong to. After years of renting, moving, and facing challenges with unreliable landlords, their dream is finally within reach.

Arthur and Charlee have dreamt about building a future where their children could grow up in one community, surrounded by friends and family, without the stress of rent increases or the unpredictable threat of yet another move.