25-338 Habitat for Humanity 40th anniversary

1:22:41Okay, R four?

1:22:43Yes.

1:22:44Okay. Um, if you're here to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Um Habitat for Humanity, please come to the podium.

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1:23:08All right. I will go ahead and read the resolution. Resolution number 25-338, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida. honoring and celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Golf Side. Whereas in nineteen seventy six, Millard and Linda Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity International in the small Georgia in a in a small Georgia farm town of Americas, and whereas Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat

1:23:39for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope through affordable homework home ownership. ANRAS Habitat for Humanity currently operates in more than 70 countries and in all 50 sa all 50 states, including the forty-seven affiliates associated in the state of Florida. Habitat for Humanity, Tampa Bay Gulf Side, broke ground on their first home and was recognized as an official affiliate in 1985, marketing

1:24:09the beginning of a new era in afford in affordable home ownership in the Tampa Bay region. ANRAS Habitat for Humanity builds and sells homes at a 0% interest rate to income-qualified households who are able Who are unable to qualify for a traditional mortgage. ANRAS, to ensure future success, homeowners are required to contribute at least 350 sweat equity hours and attend a minimum of 36 home buyer classes. ANRAS, ultimately leading to generational wealth, habitat

1:24:39owners elevate their quality of life through affordable home ownership. ANRAS in the spring of 2024, Habitat of Humanity, Tampa Bay Golf Side, was selected to expand their service area to include Hernando County, allowing them to serve more families in need. And whereas based on new home con construction, Habitat for Humanity, Tampa Bay Golf Side, has been recognized as one of the top three producing habitat affiliates nationwide for five consecutive years. ANRAS, with the help of

1:25:10volunteers and community partners alike, Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Golf Side has served over 1,150 families and will be building their 1,000th home this year. Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Habitat for Humanity Tampa Bay Gulf Side. Done and resolved in regular session with the quorum present and voting the sixteenth day of September 2025.

1:25:39Second.

1:25:40All in favor? Aye. Um, was this yours? Yes, it's mine. New board member. I am just so What did you say? I

1:25:50said you should be a new board

1:25:51member.

1:25:52My gosh, I love I love this so much. Um 40 years, 1000 homes. I love everything about your organization. I love the sweat equity. Most of all I love that in the foundation, the Bible, you know, and how you pray over every home and how These these recipients are just so thankful. Without you guys, they would not be able to have a home. They'd be stuck renting. And it's it's just you're just a huge blessing to our community. And and you know it's

1:26:23all done by volunteers. And I love that you can we can take empty lots and places, and you're truly transforming. communities and lives and these these parents have have something they can pass down to their children and they would never be able to have that. And I know lately you know it's a lot of teachers and police officers. I mean that's that's some of your your target market and for zero percent interest is incredible. It's

1:26:54truly a gift. Um I've I've looked at so many of your homes and I just go, Wow, like I mean I wanna move into one of them. They are beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Um The opportunities are endless with you guys. Um I I really look forward to working with you guys to get more space in Pasco. And um I look forward to a long partnership with you guys. So Question Mariano?

1:27:22I say congratulations on 40 years. Tremendous what you're doing for a lot of people. Thank you. Yeah.

1:27:27Ms. Oakley? Yeah.

1:27:29Yeah, congratulations, 40 years. A lot of work goes in 40 years to provide homes for people that are less fortunate. And they actually work and spend time and hours on their home to be able to have that home. So There's a lot of uh sweat and hard work going into that. And a lot of heartfelt. feelings for a lot of things that make this their dream come true for having that home. So I've been a part of the East Pasco Humanity. uh group for a long, long

1:27:59time and been to a lot of their house openings very similar years so It's the same same work. So I certainly appreciate the organization and what y'all have done.

1:28:10Commissioner Weightman.

1:28:11Yes. Well, so you started in eighty-five and talking about forty years. I was born in eighty-six. So now I realize I'm knocking on forty years myself. But uh

1:28:25But uh no, congratulations. Congrats on forty years.

1:28:30So um commission the commissioner and I were both at your celebration the other night. Um the unveiling of a HG T V special. Um what is it, a h a home in a hundred days? Oh secret. secret.

1:28:47it's gonna be shown when?

1:28:49Uh September 30th.

1:28:50Yeah, we won't we won't say what happened in it, but it is filmed locally. Um but um Great great event. Great night. You know, I've long been a fan of of what you guys do. My brother-in-law's on your board. Um When um our former county administrator was here, Michelle We all the county went and did a house on the east side. It was on the east side. But I don't know if the county's done I know our our office has done some and with our with our uh legislators, but

1:29:20I don't know if the county's done one, so be sure and rope them in. Um And um We're we're just very glad that you're here. You guys keep growing and growing. It's crazy. But uh we're all looking forward to the one across the street. Um I think you're gonna be breaking ground on that one quickly. And um During my commission um moments I will show the road that I'm hoping to uh get connected to help the residents that move in there so those those kids can easily get to school without having to go all the way around.

1:29:51So um come on up and address us and uh congratulations on such a monumental feat, w over one thousand homes.

1:29:58Thank you, uh Chairman Starkey. And uh Commissioner Yeager, thank you so much for championing this. Uh we really appreciate the support and we appreciate the support from the entire commission. So thank you, uh Pasco County, for the continued investment and affordable homeownership. Um we will be breaking ground probably within the next couple months on the project across the street on off Little Road. Uh we're very excited to get that project going. Um we built 88 homes this past year in our service area. 15 of those were in Pasco County. And we feel like there's so

1:30:28much more opportunity for us to partner with the not only the county but the community to build more homes. The the families we serve. They do receive a zero interest mortgage, zero down payment, zero PMI, so no private mortgage insurance is required. And it really is a great way to anchor these families in the community. As we know we're losing teachers, we're losing firefighters, police officers who are moving out of our community because they

1:30:58can no longer afford here, afford to live here. And so uh Habitat is one of those solutions, and we look forward to a continued partnership for 40 more years. So um one of our board members, Charlie Rogers, is with us today. Uh Candy Hagler is our executive director here in Pasco. She sits in our office right down the street. Uh Sean King is our executive vice president at the organization, and Skylar Alexander is our government relations manager. So uh thank you again. for the time and and the recognition.

1:31:27You know I wanna I wanna echo something that Commissioner Yeager said. This is not a handout. Um these people have earned the opportunity to get in line to Be a recipient, and then they have to continue to earn their house by helping others build their houses. So um W you know we're all about a hand up, not a hand out, and that's one of the things I like about your program so much.

1:31:49I will say one thing I learned the other night. how hard it is to hammer a nail into a piece of wood. I

1:31:55I don't

1:31:55know if I can do that.

1:31:57When the nail guns come out it's a lot easier.

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1:32:44Okay, we are on to the consent agenda. And I do have some polls. In here somewhere.