About Us
Our Mission
to create housing solutions that strengthen families and communities in South Hampton Roads. This is accomplished by two independent, yet complimentary initiatives:
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Building safe, decent and affordable homes that empower low-income families to achieve their dream of homeownership.
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Making essential home repairs and providing ADA accessibility for income-constrained South Hampton Roads seniors, disabled and/or Veteran homeowners to keep them Warm, Safe and Dry in their homes.
Our Vision
Our Values
Our History
Founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity International is a true world leader in addressing today’s issues of poverty housing.
In 1984, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn took their first Habitat for Humanity work trip to New York City. Their personal involvement in Habitat’s mission—through the Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project—brought the organization national visibility, and sparked coast-to-coast interest in Habitat’s work. As a result, Habitat for Humanity International experienced dramatic growth in the number of new affiliates around the country.
Four years later, in 1988, a group of concerned Portsmouth citizens founded Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads. Dedicated to making affordable housing a matter of conscience and action, Habitat SHR completed its first home in 1990, in Portsmouth’s Prentis Park neighborhood.
The organization has since afforded more than 240 families the opportunity to become homeowners and has provided critical home repairs to more than 40 low-income homeowners with our home repair programs.
Our Team
Board of Directors
Benjamin Huger IV
UBS
Board President
Mary Kate Andris
Development Chair Person
JaClay Gilbert
U.S. Navy / Real Estate
Jacki Paolella
Keller Williams Coastal Virginia
Cathy Harris
Harbor Tax Group
Board Acting Treasurer, President Emeritus
Tamesha Clemons
QVC
Malika Traynham
City of Suffolk
Brenda Porter-Rockwell
CMA-CGM
Susan Bradshaw
Construction Chair Person
Gerri Norman
Riverside Health Systems
Marilee Peterson, CSP
Rose & Womble Realty
Team Members
Careers
Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads hires committed professionals that work alongside hard-working, low-income families to build or renovate houses for purchase, with affordable mortgages. The work we are called to do is genuinely transformational, not only for families in need of a comfortable place to live, but for our volunteers, donors, staff, and entire communities.
If you are interested in applying to an open position, Apply on Indeed or send your résumé, cover letter, salary requirements, and a completed job application to hr@shrhabitat.org. Applications can also be mailed to:
Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads
ATTN: Human Resources
900 Tidewater Dr.
Norfolk, VA 23504