1310 Eads, Urbana. See images on Flickr.

On Saturday, October 1, 2005 a dream came true for Falesha Huff and her teenage daughters. A crowd of supporters, volunteers, donors, residents, and the extended Huff family gathered to dedicate Habitat’s 39th home to Falesha and her daughters Brianna and Breshauna.

Steering committee members Dan and Jeannie Vansickle, representing the home's sponsor Re/Max Realty Associates, thanks the many dedicated volunteers and donors who made the home possible.  Re/Max raised nearly $45,000 in cash and leveraged about $20,000 in in-kind donations and donated labor from businesses in the community such as. A grant of $5,000 from the University of Illinois Student Habitat Chapter also helped make the Huff’s home possible.

Falesha’s mother, Mary Huff and family friend Elder Charles McMullen offered their blessings over the new home, and the family was presented with beautiful afghans that were hand-knitted by Habitat volunteer Caitrin Nicol. 

Falesha happily accepted the keys to her new home from construction coordinator Jerry Zindars and expressed her gratitude to all of the people who came to together to make this build happen.  “I am just so appreciative of being able to work with Habitat for Humanity and RE/MAX to help build my house,” said Huff. “We are very eager to move in to a place we can actually decorate.” Brianna and Breshauna, are eager to paint their rooms and put things up on their walls.  The three-bedroom, 1,200 square foot house at 1310 W. Eads in Urbana will be the family's first home. 

Falesha, Brianna, and Breshauna together put in over 250 hours of sweat equity on their home. Falesha and Brianna worked on the worksite to help frame, roof, side, and trim the house. Breshauna worked in the HOMEWORKS store because at 15, she is not old enough to be on the worksite. The family closed on their new home October 5 and will pay off the $45,000 interest-free mortgage over the next 20 years.

Thanks to the following businesses and individuals that generously donated or greatly discounted items for the Huff’s new home: