FAMILY INFO: Patrice has dedicated her last six years to helping people in her neighborhood become healthy and self-sufficient, working with the Virginia Department of Health as a resource specialist.
Living in one of the local public housing developments, Hillside Court, Patrice helps her neighbors navigate the resources they need to take care of themselves. While Patrice spends her time taking care of others’ health concerns, she herself suffers from chronic pain due to arthritis in her back and knees.
Patrice found out about Richmond Habitat’s homeownership program through a partnership meeting between the Virginia Department of Health and Richmond Habitat. She’d always wanted to own her own home and have a place to pass on to her children. She looked more into the program and decided this might be a way to make that dream possible. Patrice took a chance, applied and was accepted.
Now Patrice is taking 10 educational classes offered through our Homeowner Services Department and working 350 “sweat equity” hours, volunteering to build her home and support other Habitat projects. When she has completed this, she will buy her home and pay an affordable, 0% interest mortgage, making her dream of homeownership a
reality.
Once she becomes a homeowner, Patrice has visions of helping others in Hillside Court become homeowners as well. "This will be another thing that I can push my community members to do after I finish. I can get them to start making this a goal,” says Patrice, “Thank you for your help & support.”
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Upcoming Build Tasks:
- January: interior painting and trim, flooring and fence/shed
- February: cabinets, interior carpentry, fence/shed, punch out
ADDRESS: 1708 Jacquelin St, Richmond (check out the map to the right for more directions)
