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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 on Saturday, July 18.
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CalVet REN, or Residential Enriched Neighborhood, Program offers permanent, affordable home ownership with manageable loan payments and family enrichment services to California Veterans and their families.
“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, according to Habitat for Humanity officials.
“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,” said Deutchman.
“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.
Special guests, such as Assemblyman Scott Wilk, Representative Steve Knight and all of the Santa Clarita City Council, Mayor Marsha McLean, Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Kellar, Councilman Dante Acosta, Councilman TimBen Boydston and Councilwoman Laurene Weste were all present at the celebration to congratulate the new homeowners.
Carl and Jeri Goldman, the owners of KHTS AM-1220 and also the founders of Habitat for Heroes 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.
Veterans and their families will be able to move into their new homes before Sept. 1, 2015.
CalVet, in partnership with Homes for Families, continues working with Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys on three Veterans housing projects.
The CalVet REN projects include 12 homes in Sylmar, 50 homes in Palmdale, and 78 homes in Santa Clarita.
Do you have a news tip? Call us at (661) 298-1220, or drop us a line at community@hometownstation.com.For more information on a new Santa Clarita Homes for Heroes program, visit Sam Silver.
I have the utmost respect for the VA . Unfortunately the government has put us on a wait list to get day care for my father who was in the Navy during Korean War. I really don’t understand how all these illegals come in and get all the benefits they need yet I have to struggle to get my dad into a facility a few days a week? Can someone please explain this to me???
Agreed, it is absolutely disgraceful. The answer to your question is simple: The illegals represent a cheap workforce that benefits political donors. The reason Sanders and Trump are so popular is, people have realized this fact. Our politicians answer to their Corporate donors. Make your vote count and vote against the establishment.