The California Department of Veteran Affairs and Habitat for Humanity of San Fernando-Santa Clarita Valleys presented 26 veterans and their families with keys to their new “Homes for Heroes” Saturday on Centre Pointe Parkway in Santa Clarita.
“These are hard working veterans and they do take on the responsibility of a mortgage and 500 hours of sweat equity in order to make the home possible,” said Donna Deutchman, Chief Executive Officer of Habitat for Humanity of San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys. “In doing that sweat equity, that includes financial literacy training, trauma programming, working on their homes themselves, and a whole host of activities that are required of them.”
As of July 15, 2015, Veteran families in phase one have completed over 10,010 hours of sweat equity.
“Homeownership is a vital resource that can be leveraged along with wrap around services to move today’s veterans into middle class, creating tomorrow’s civic leaders,” Deutchman said.
“It’s difficult to find a house in the Santa Clarita Valley, things out here are pretty expensive. This is the best area we want to be raising our kids in,” said Todd Delquadri, who served in the Navy for eight years as a Seabee. “This program helped us out a lot, it allowed us to afford a house out here and it’s a good size for our family.”
Delquadri has a wife and four kids with another on it’s way in September.
Guests including U.S. Rep. Steve Knight, Assemblyman Scott Wilk and all five Santa Clarita City Council members were on hand to congratulate the new homeowners.
Carl and Jeri Goldman, the owners of KHTS AM-1220 and also the founding leaders of the Habitat for Heroes program will have a street named after them in the new veteran community.
Habitat for Heroes is a program of Habitat for Humanity San Fernando-Santa Clarita Valleys. It began in 2011 and serves low income and disabled veterans who either struggle to keep up or get around their existing home due to lack of funds or disability, as well as low income and disabled veterans in need of brand new affordable homes in Santa Clarita.
The homes will be ready for move-in by Sept. 1.
CalVet, in partnership with Homes for Families, continues working with Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys on three veteran housing projects. CalVet’s Residential Enriched Neighborhood Program offers permanent, affordable home ownership with manageable loan payments and family enrichment services to California Veterans and their families.
The CalVet REN projects include 12 homes in Sylmar, 50 homes in Palmdale, and 78 homes in Santa Clarita.
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71 Comments
Awesome. Glad people who served our country are rewarded for their courage and selflessness. Congratulations to all the families.
Awesome. Glad people who served our country are rewarded for their courage and selflessness. Congratulations to all the families.
Yes! Amen to that! ^^^
What a great way to help our vets….. but where on Center Pointe Parkway? Isnt that street all industrial area?
Well it’s on golden valley and newhall ranch, not on centre pointe actually
It’s tucked up in there to the west. We saw them building these but didn’t know it was this project. Great thing for our Vets
It’s next to bowman high school
…across from the Child and Family Center.
Rocio Michel look
Right on!!
What a Beautiful Blessing !!! ❤
Let’s keep it going. There are so many more deserving Veterans.
As a mom of an active duty son in the Army, this warms my heart! Thank you!
What a wonderful gift !
They are so deserving of this. We love our vet families
My cousin, her husband, and son on left of picture. So happy for them.
Awesome!
Like a million times!!!!
Very exciting day for all of these families! Congratulations!!
I think it is around the bend by Boman HS
AWESOME SAUCE! !!
God bless America!
This is so cool.
From someone who volunteered twice with Habitat for Humanity, it’s amazing to see them finally home! I know my group had a lot of fun helping build them!
Are these the ones you worked on Nick Cooper?
Yea I think so. It looks familiar
This is great!! Thank God
Next to bowman high school
Amen! Excellent.
Fantastic! They are so deserving!
Wonderful.
So awesome, my cousin and her husband will be in their new home soon. :)
That’s awesome!
Joani Vandoli
Alysia N Lonzo Shelley Cora Gulipardo Turner
My husband and his company built the road here for the veterans Randy Becker @rcbeckerandson
That is awesome!!! Much admiration for companies, and individuals that give back to our Military!
Kudos to Randy and the company, D.
Thats the right thing to do
Love it! Great work.
Aren’t these the ones we “built”Lauren?
Lol yes! They wouldn’t be there if it weren’t for us!
We swept so good!
Love hearing this is being done for our veterans, they have earned it. But unfortunately my second thought was, living in this sick twisted world we are in, now you have all veterans together if some crazy person wanted to do damage. Pray for safety for all.
❤️
Way Cool!
They need to do something for the homeless ones too
That’s awesome!
This is what America should be about. Not killing and.hating
This is really great
I had no idea this was going on – how great!
Awesome!!!
They deserve this…
It’s nice to here stuff like this going on in the scv thank u lord
So awesome
This is freaking awesome!!!!! I hope other cities get with the program!
Was so cool to watch it being built.
THAT IS SO AWESOME KATHY!
Close to our old stomping grounds. Good for you who were involved !
Thank you president Carter. One of America’s greatest.
God Bless them
What a beautiful gift
Finally!!! doing something correct. God blessed you!!!
That warms my heart❤️
Kara Marie
Hopefully they also provide proper psychiatric care
This is awesome
Awesome!
So thankful these Veterans get the help they need and homes.
Thank you. I’m such a proud big sister
Outstanding!
About time. Thank you to all that make it possible