Dreams come true: Midland family earns new home through hard work

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- Midland Habitat for Humanity celebrated a significant milestone on Monday, July 15th, with the dedication of its 195th home in the 900 block on N. Baird St to the Angelica Brown family. The dedication ceremony marked another step forward in the organization’s mission to provide truly affordable housing to deserving families in West Texas.

Funding for the home was made available by Pioneer Natural Resources. Pioneer employees also dedicated a week of their time on-site helping to build the home.

Brown, an employee with the City of Midland, worked tirelessly to achieve this dream by completing 250 hours of "sweat equity" on the worksite and successfully graduating from Habitat’s homeowner college class.

“We’re so happy for Angelica. She worked her tail off to make this dream a reality. Habitat is proud to be a solution for families like hers, and so many more, who are truly the backbone of our community,” said Joey Hopkins, MHFH's Executive Director.

At the dedication Brown said the new home will have a profound impact on her famil...