In the News - Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento

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For media inquiries, please contact Leah Miller at LMiller@habitatgreatersac.org or (916) 440-1215 ext. 1131

Media:

• • KCRA3 “Sacramento Vietnam War veteran surprised with free home revamp” (11/11/23)
  • Capital Public Radio “‘My life is about to change.’ Homeownership dream comes true for single Sacramento mother-of-three” (7/10/23)
  • FOX40 “Sacramento City Council approves grant program for homeowners with emergency repairs” (5/19/23)
  • KCRA3 “Sacramento approves program to give $15,000 to homeowners for emergency repairs” (5/18/23)
  • ABC10 “More than 600 volunteers help repair homes and clean up for ‘Rock the Block’ in Oak Park”(5/8/23)
  • Spectrum News 1 “Funds from development to help low-income Oak Park residents stay in their homes” (5/3/23)
  • ABC10 “It’s like winning the lottery | 18 families to receive new homes through Habitat for Humanity” (3/24/23)
  • Sacramento Bee “See Jennifer Siebel Newsom help build new home on International Women’s Day in Sacramento” (3/9/23)
  • Capital Public Radio “Cold Winter Storms Impact the Sierra | Fossilized Fruit Discovery in Granite Bay | Homeownership for Lower-Income Households.” (3/1/23)
  • ABC10 “Women Raise their Voices and Hammers to Help” (3/6/23)
  • Sacramento News & Review “Sacramento’s Habitat for Humanity CEO Leah Miller on how we need to look at affordable housing as a spectrum” (1/13/23)
  • ABC10 “Like a weight lifted off our shoulders’ | Family celebrates new Sacramento home from Habitat for Humanity” (11/21/22)
  • PR Newswire “ePlus Team Joins Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento for Community Build”(10/25/2022)
  • KCRA 3 “Sacramento officials approve $35.4 million plan to fund 820 affordable housing units”(10/25/22)
  • ABC10 “Habitat’s ‘Rock the Block’ draws 500 volunteers to West Sacramento”(10/8/22)
  • CBS13 “Program with Habitat helps a woman rebuild after flood damage”(10/7/22)
  • Sacramento Bee “Looking for affordable housing? These developments are being built in the Sacramento region” (8/28/22)
  • SN&R “Cornerstone of the Future? Sacramento orgs and agencies team up for a new experimental housing model” (7/28/22)
  • Pakistan Link “Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento makes dreams come true” (7/3/22)
  • KCRA 3 “Project CommUnity: Sacramento youth programs works to assemble beds for families” (6/30/22)
  • ABC10 “New mattresses arrive for Sacramento Habitat for Humanity families” (6/28/22)
  • KCRA 3 “Sacramento program turns cannabis grow houses into family homes” (5/24/22)
  • Ledger Dispatch “SAFE Offers New Homeowners a Way to Pay it Forward” (5/24/2022)
  • CBS13 “Hundreds of Volunteers Participate in “Rock the Block” Construction Event in Oak Park” (5/7/2022)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Oak Park Rock the Block Clean Up” (5/6/2022)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Building with Bogle” (4/28/2022)
  • KFBK “Working, Low-Income Families Can Apply to Habitat for Humanity for a Home” (4/25/2022)
  • Sacramento Business Journal “MacKenzie Scott donates $4.5 million to local Habitat for Humanity” (3/22/2022)
  • Sacramento Business Journal “5 things, including takeaways from my first homebuilding experience” (3/21/22)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Affordable housing is in the works. Here’s where. (3/15/22)
  • CBS13 “It’s about Community” An Affordable Housing Development comes to Sacramento (3/15/22)
  • ABC10 Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on affordable housing project (3/15/22)
  • FOX40 Habitat for Humanity set to build its largest development in Sacramento (3/15/22)
  • KCRA3 Thieves steal materials from Sacramento Habitat for Humanity jobsite (3/9/22)
  • Fox40 Hundreds of women build homes in South Sacramento for women in need (3/8/22)
  • Your California Life (ABC10) Women Build is back (2/7/2022)
  • ABC10 Afghan family receives new home from Habitat for Humanity five years after fleeing Taliban (12/18/2021)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity gives home to Sacramento families (12/18/2021)
  • KFBK “Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Wells Fargo Match Donation” (12/1/2021)
  • Inside Sacramento “Nailing Down Hope” (11/30/21)
  • ABC “Oak Park Woman faces losing her home of 26 years” (10/20/2021)
  • Fox40 “Local program turns marjiuana grow houses into homes” (10/10/2021)
  • Sacramento Business Journal “After Hours: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento Hard Hats & High Heels Gala” (10/10/21)
  • CBS13 “Community comes together for 2-day Cleanup Effort in South Oak Park” (10/8/21)
  • Fox40 “Volunteers Help Clean Up Jack Davis Park” (10/8/21)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Rock the Block” (10/8/21)
  • ABC10 “Get Ready to Rock the Block” (10/4/21)
  • CBS13 “Eye on the Town – Habitat Gala” (9/30/21)
  • Sacramento Business Journal “Corporate Citizenship Awards – Leah Miller Executive of the Year” (9/25/21)
  • Yahoo Finance “Kelly Foundation announces Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento as 2021 Major Gift Award Winner” (9/23/21)
  • CBS13 “Habitat for Humanity Provides Homes to Families” (9/11/21)
  • KCRA 3 “New COVID vaccine clinic opens in Sacramento as hospitalizations increase” (8/4/21)
  • KCRA 3 “Habitat accepting pre-applications for affordable homes” (7/1/21)
  • ABC10 “Despite rising cost of construction, there are still routes to homeownership” (6/30/21)
  • ABC10 “Home Ownership Opportunities for Working Families“ (6/8/21)
  • Inside Publications “Lighting the Way” (5/26/210
  • KFBK “Home Repair Application Open” (5/24/21)
  • Good Day Sacramento “ReStore Spring Cleaning Deals” (3/17/21)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Habitat for Humanity at Work in Sacramento!” (2/5/21)
  • ABC10, Your California Life “Creative Virtual Building” (1/29/21)
  • Sacramento Business Journal “Mutual Housing, Habitat for Humanity teaming up on Sac County Project“ (1/20/21)
  • Fox40 “27th Annual Hammy Awards“ (1/14/21)
  • ABC10 “S&G Carpet partners with Habitat for Humanity to give back to the community” (11/24/20)
  • ABC10“95-year-old WWII veteran receives special gift from Habitat for Humanity” (11/12/20)
    
  • Fox40 “A Night to Build – Virtual Gala” (10/22/20)
  • ABC10 “Virtual Habitat Gala” (10/21/20)
    
  • Good Day Sacramento “Habitat for Humanity” (8/28/20)
  • Fox40“Habitat’s Virtual Women Build – Sept 2nd” (8/25/20)
    
  • ABC10 “Habitat’s First Virtual Women Build” (8/24/20)
  • CBS13“Back to Building: Habitat for Humanity Returns to Projects after Furloughs” (8/6/20)
    
  • Good Day Sacramento “Habitat for Humanity – 34th Rehab and Back to Building” (8/6/20)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Habitat for Humanity Mandolin Estates” (8/6/20)
  • ABC10 Sacramento Habitat for Humanity secures PPP funding allowing them to bring staff back (5/3/20)
  • KFBK Habitat for Humanity Gets Much Needed Emergency Funds (5/1/2020)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Home Together” (4/17/20)
  • KCRA Nonprofits Struggle to Survive amid COVID-19 outbreak (3/25/20)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build 2020 Pt 2 (3/6/20)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build 2020 (3/6/20)
  • Good Day Sacramento Dina-I-Y in the ReStore for Pot ‘n Sip (3/5/20)
  • Fox40 SMUD and Habitat on Studio40 (3/4/20)
  • ABC10 Women Build 2020 on Your California Life (3/4/20)
  • KBFK SMUD gives Habitat $1.1 million (3/3/2020)
  • Sacramento Business Journal SMUD gives Habitat $1.1 million to develop electric homes (3/2/20)
  • Good Day Sacramento Home Dedication (2/29/2020)
  • Sacramento Bee California Lawmakers Eye Limits on Housing Project Fees (2/24/2020)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore- Episode 4:2” (12/10/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Tree Donation” (12/7/2019)
  • KFBK “Nonprofits get donated Christmas Trees”   (12/6/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore – Episode 3:2” (12/2/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y in the ReStore – Segment 2” (11/26/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento “Dina-I-Y” in the ReStore – Segment 1″ (11/19/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Referral Exchange Builds 2 Homes (11/13/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento ReStore Furniture Sale 1 and ReStore Furniture Sale 2 (11/6/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Grow House (11/2/2019)
  • KCRA3 Former illegal grow house converted into home for single mom (10/31/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal After Hours: Habitat for Humanity Hard Hats & High Heels Gala 2019 (10/15/2019)
  • ABC10 Habitat Gala (10/1/2019)
  • CorpGov Wells Fargo Donates $400,000 for Housing and Revitalization Efforts in Sacramento (9/9/2019)
  • KCRA 74-year-old foster mom gets home makeover (9/7/2019)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Turning Illegal Grow Houses into Affordable Housing (9/5/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Rock the Block (8/31/2019)
  • KCRA Hundreds join Unity Concert to support housing in Sacramento (8/18/2019)
  • CBS 13 Unity Concert (8/18/18)
  • KFBK Unity Concert (8/16/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Volunteer in the ReStore (7/30/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Shop and Donate the ReStore (7/30/19)
  • Comstock’s CohnReznick Believes our Differences make us stronger (7/30/2019)
  • Fox40 Groups Team Up to Rebuild Disabled Veteran’s Home (7/18/19)
  • KCRA Volunteers Coming together to help a Veteran in Need (7/18/19)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Home Repair 2 (7/18/19)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Vet Home Repair 1 (7/18/19)
  • CBS 13 Volunteers begin a total home remodel for disabled veteran unable to live in his house (7/18/19)
  • Sacramento News & Review People of Many faiths come together to build a home (7/18/2019)
  • Fox40 Leaders from Different Religions Come Together for Habitat for Humanity Project (7/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Interfaith (7/11/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Women Who Mean Business Honoree – Leah Miller (6/25/2019)
  • KCRA 2 birds, 1 stone: Unique plan converts Sacramento pot grows into affordable housing (6/6/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal City Wants to convert illegal grow houses into affordable housing (6/5/2019)
  • Sacramento News & Review This Grow House (5/22/2019)
  • KFBK Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento’s 9th Annual Women Build (5/16/2019)
  • CBS 13 Habitat for Humanity Hosts Women’s Build in West Sacramento (5/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women’s Build (5/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Shopping for a Good Cause (4/20/2019)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Converting Old Grow Houses into Affordable Housing (4/19/2019)
  • ABC10 New Program to turn illegal marijuana grow houses over to Habitat for Humanity (4/19/2019)
  • KFBK Illegal Grow House to become Habitat for Humanity Home (4/19/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal SVP Fast Pitch (4/19/2019)
  • Sacramento City Express Illegal Grow House in South Sacramento to become Habitat for Humanity Home (4/19/2019)
  • CBS Sacramento North Highlands Veteran Gets a New Roof Over His Head (4/16/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Gets a New Roof (4/16/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal Women Who Mean Business awards 2019: Announcing the First Batch of Winners (4/11/2019)
  • ABC 10 Single Mom builds home with help from Habitat (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Home Dedication Pt. 2 (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Home Dedication Pt. 1 (3/9/2019)
  • CBS 13 A Very Special Homecoming (3/9/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund (3/2/2019)
  • Sacramento Bee Ex-AP California capital reporter Steve Lawrence dead at 71 (2/22/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento Helping Build the Love (2/16/2019)
  • KCRA Build the Love (2/16/2019)
  • Sacramento Business Journal 25th Annual Hammy Awards (2/15/2019)
  • Studio40/Fox 40 – Build the Love Valentine’s Day Build (2/11/2019)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Build the Love Event (2/2/2019)
  • CBS 13 “Eye on the Town with Tia” – Hammy Awards (2/2/2019)
  • ABC 10 Habitat for Humanity Pushing for Affordable Housing (1/23/2019)
  • Sacramento Bee – Sacramento Kings rookie Marvin Bagley III helps team build Oak Park art garden (1/13/18)
  • Comstock’s Magazine – Down to the Details (1/8/19 print)
  • KNCI – Bonneville Radio (12/23/18)
  • Sacramento Business Journal – Most Popular Slideshow Events of 2018 (12/21/18)
  • Comstock’s Magazine – Rock the Block (12/3/18 print)
  • Family radio Stations – KEBR 88.1 (12/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Unity Concert (11/12/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Veteran Home Build (11/10/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento – Playhouse Build (11/8/18)
  • KCRA 3, FOX40, CBS 13, Good Day Sacramento, ABC 10 Media Reel – Rock the Block (10-17 through 10-20-18)
  • Fox40 – Volunteers ‘Rock The Block’ by Repairing Oak Park Homes (10/17/18)
  • Sacramento Magazine –Habitat for Humanity Hard Hats & High Heels Gala at the State Capitol (10/17/18)
  • KNCI – Bonneville Radio (8/8/18)
  • CalMatters – A Deeper Dive into California’s Housing and Homelessness Crisis (8/28/18)
  • CBS 13 Wall Raising South Sac (8/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Wall Raising 1 and Wall Raising 2 (8/3/18)
  • ABC10 Wall Raising (8/3/18)
  • KCRA 3 Wall Raising (8/3/18)
  • ABC10/Sac & Co – Sactown Wings (7/23/18)
  • Entercom Interview (7/12/18)
  • Elk Grove Citizen Local Principal’s pitch in to build Vet’s home (7/3/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Rock the Block with Leadership Sacramento Class of 2018 (6/30/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Volunteers Help Veteran Couple (6/28/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento EGUSD Principals for Habitat for Humanity (6/23/18)
  • ABC10 Veteran Wall Raising (6/23/18)
  • Fox40 On the first day of summer volunteers help navy Veteran (6/21/18)
  • CNN California may become first state to require solar panels (5/8/18)
  • KCRA 3 California’s Solar Mandate (5/7/18)
  • Sac & Co.  Habitat ReStore (4/20/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento ReStore Donation Drive (4/19/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • Fox40 Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • ABC10 Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • KCRA 3 Sacramento Veteran Home Build Groundbreaking (3/23/18)
  • CBS 13 Wells Fargo Volunteers (3/22/18)
  • Good Day Sacramento Veteran Home Repair Project (3/8/18)
  • ABC10 Sac& Co Veteran Home Repair Project (3/6/18)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Dedicates Last Home of 2017 to Hardworking Single Mother (12/16/17)
  • KCRA Korean War Veteran gets Home Makeover (12/9/2017)
  • ABC10 Habitat for Humanity helps woman save her home (11/18/2017)
  • Sacramento Kings Mark and Emily get the Surprise of a Lifetime (11/9/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee Finally, a place to call home.  Refugee who fled fear in Middle East earns keys to new house (11/4/2017)
  • ABC10 Refugee Family gets new home from Habitat for Humanity, surprise from Sacramento PD (11/4/2017)
  • KFBK Iraqi Refugee Family Gets New Wheelchair-Ready Habitat for Humanity Home (11/3/2017)
  • ABC10 Make a Difference Day: Helping build a home for a family in need (10/28/2017)
  • ABC10 Families dreams come true through house renovation in South Sacramento (10/27/2017)
  • ABC10 Sacramento ReStore fuels Habitat for Humanity (10/26/2017)
  • ABC 10 Woman who almost lost home: Habitat for Humanity saved my life (10/26/2017)
  • Fox40 Della Reed Story (10/21/2017)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Steps in and Helps ReStore Woman’s Home (10/21/2017)
  • Gooday Sacramento Our Promise Campaign (10/13/2017)
  • Sacramento & CO – ABC10 Bassam’s Story (10/10/2017)
  • Fox40 News DIY Woodworking Class with Habitat for Humanity (9/7/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Vets  (8/30/2017)
  • ABC10 Sacramento family gets new home thanks to Habitat for Humanity (8/19/17)
  • KCRA 3 Family moves into new, safer home with help of Habitat for Humanity (8/19/17)
  • Capital Public Radio Health Net Federal Services Vet Build (8/14/2017)
  • Central Valley Business Times Health Net gives $150,000 to Sacramento Habitat for Humanity (8/2/17)
  • KFBK Health Net Federal Services Vet Project (8/1/17)
  • Pakistani Link Build for Unity (7/14/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee Sacramento Housing Crisis (7/7/17)
  • ABC10 Families gets keys to homes through Build for Unity Project (6/22/17)
  • Good Day Sacramento Build for Unity (6/21/17)
  • Sacramento Bee An idea to build unity starts in Sacramento and spreads across America (6/20/17)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build Week (5/13/17)
  • Sacramento Magazine Hard Hats & High Heels Gala (5/11/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat Doors Project (4/12/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Humanity DPR (3/24/2017)
  • Fox 40 ArtStreet and Habitat ReStore (3/21/2017)
  • Sacramento Bee ArtStreet more than doubles Art Hotel attendance (2/26/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Wine Tasting Competition (2/8/2017)
  • CBS Sacramento Habitat for Humanity Hammy Awards Dinner (1/26/2017)
  • Elk Grove Citizen A New Home for Santiago (1/25/2017)
  • Hall of Fame Magazine Habitat for Humanity Hands Keys to a Family (1/25/2017)
  • Good Day Sacramento Vet Gets Remodeled Home (1/21/2017)
  • Good Day Vet Gets Remodeled Home Part 2 (1/21/2017)
  • KFBK Disabled Elk Grove Vet Gets New Home (1/21/2017)
  • ABC10: Homes donated to families in need (12/19/2016)
  • Fox40: Volunteers Team Up to Finish Habitat for Humanity Dream House (10/7/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento GiveBack Homes Big Build (9/16/2016)
  • Fox 40: Local Veteran in Need Gets Home Makeover (9/9/2016)
  • KCRA 3: Habitat for Humanity fixes up Veterans Home (9/9/2016)
  • ABC 10: Home Makeover for a Veteran (9/9/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Veteran Loses Leg Saves Home Pt 2 (9/9/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Veteran Loses Leg Saves Home Pt 1 (9/9/2016)
  • Elk Grove Citizen Together for the cause (7/27/2016)
  • iheartRadio XOSO SacTown Wings event for Habitat for Humanity (7/10/2016)
  • ABC 10 Sacramento family gets new dream home (7/9/2016)
  • Good Day Sacramento Habitat for Humanity (7/9/2016)
  • KCRA Cebrero/Lara Home Dedication (7/9/2016)
  • Univision 19 Cebrero Lara Home Dedication (7/9/2016)
  • Sacramento Bee Big Blue Recycling Barn (6/8/2016)
  • KCRA Build for Unity breaks ground in North Sacramento (5/11/2016)
  • Good Day Sacramento Women Build (5/5/2016)
  • CBS 13 Students Donate Their Spring Break to Build Homes in Sacramento (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring (pt. 3) (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring Break (pt. 2) (3/24/2016)
  • GoodDay Sacramento Building Homes for Spring Break (3/24/2016)
  • KCRA College Students spending spring break helping Habitat for Humanity (3/23/2016)
  • ABC10 Family of 4 – living in a garage for 3 years – earns new home (3/8/2016)
  • Fox40 Habitat for Humanity Hands Sacramento Woman Keys to New Home (3/5/2016)
  • KCRA 3 Sacramento mother, children move into dream home (3/5/2016)
  • Capital Public Radio Muslims, Non-Muslims Come Together to Build Habitat for Humanity Homes (1/25/2016)
  • Sacramento News & Review Building houses together (1/14/2016)
  • Sacramento Business Journal After Hours: Sacramento’s Movers and Shakers made 2015 Memorable (12/29/2015)
  • FOX40 Sacramento’s Habitat for Humanity Completes First Home Makeover for Local Preschool Teacher (12/19/2015)
  • CBS13 Habitat for Humanity Jumps In to Help Preschool Teacher with Home Repairs (11/21/2015)
  • Sacramento Bee Sacramento Habitat for Humanity taps new leaders (11/20/2015)
  • KCRA 3: Family receives Habitat for Humanity house in honor of Pope Francis (9/26/2015)
  • K-Love Radio: Ross Family Home Dedication (6/1/15-6/13/15)
  • Sacramento Bee Anonymous Donor arrives just in time for Sacramento Habitat for Humanity 
    Benefactor seeds homes at more than dozen U.S. affiliates(6/1/2015)
  • Habitat.org Painting the town pink: Neighborhood Revitalization never looked so good 
    From May 6-9, women across Sacramento, California, participated in a Neighborhood Revitalization project as part of National Women Build Week.
    (5/10/2015)