Women Build Hartford Homes for Families in Need

Volunteers with Habitat For Humanity are working hard to give three Hartford families a new home, and an all-female crew took over the work Tuesday as part of Women Build Week.

Work on the soon-to-be homes in Hartford are in the final stages of construction. One home is located on Enfield Street and the other two are on Garden Street. Today, women took over the work site.

"This is the first time. You know, never used one of these before and now I can do it! It’s so cool," said Wendy Steel with iHeartRadio.

Steel was one of the dozens of women who came out to help build the homes, along with Community Renewal Team Incorporated and Westminster Church. It’s all part of Women Build Week.

"They learn everything from sheet rocking, how to use a drill, how to use a saw, painting, some other cool sheet rock tricks, how you can frame something in," said Karraine Moody, executive director of the Greater Hartford Habitat for Humanity.

Beyond what they’re learning, the women say it’s why they’re working that makes it all worth it: building three families their forever homes.

"To think that some people don’t have that, I feel bad about that, so if I can help build a home for somebody that may not be able to do that? That’s just awesome," said Steel.

The families aren’t just getting these homes, they’re helping build them, too, by putting in about 300 hours of sweat equity, along with taking 50 hours of courses to learn how to be a homeowner.

While the families were not on site Tuesday morning because of work schedules, Habitat officials say they’ve been hard at work and are beyond grateful for the community’s support. The homes are scheduled to be done by this June.

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