Terminal Avenue Home Dedication

Join us for the Terminal Avenue Home Dedication! We will celebrate with a short ceremony followed by refreshments and tours of the home. Please feel free to invite others to join us as well!

About the Future Homeowner

Ashraf and Reem met 22 years ago, shortly after immigrating to the United States. They have dreamed of having a safe, permanent and affordable home for their four children for many years.  Now, through Richmond Habitat’s Affordable Housing Program, that dream is coming true.

Originally from Syria, Reem is a stay at home mom who cares for her four children.  She worries because three of their children have asthma and she wants them to live in a home that won’t make their asthma worse.  Ashraf, who currently works as a local tractor trailer driver, found out about Richmond Habitat when volunteering through his previous job.  He thought this could be a way for them to purchase a home that would belong to them forever.  

Through Richmond Habitat’s homeownership program, Ashraf and Reem will purchase a safe, healthy home and pay an affordable mortgage, making their dream of homeownership a reality.  They are completing 10 financial and homeownership education classes and attending monthly one-on-one budgeting sessions to make sure they have the tools needed to be a successful homeowner.  They are also working toward 350 hours of “sweat equity”, or volunteer time, helping to build homes and working at our ReStores. 

“This has been a long-term goal of ours and it is a dream come true. It will be a wonderful new permanent home for our family and will help with my children’s asthma issues.”