Built to Sustain.

Since 2005, Habitat Greater Raleigh has partnered with Advanced Energy SystemVision^TM to improve indoor air quality and keep family energy bills low. The standard Habitat Greater Raleigh home is 1,200 square feet with three bedrooms and two baths, and this program provides ongoing technical support to make sure our houses are healthy, safe, durable, comfortable and energy-efficient.

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Standard Habitat Greater Raleigh home features:

A tight home can reduce energy bills and control for comfort and air pollutants. SystemVision builders block all attic bypasses, seal all top plate connections, and ensure that their building’s shell will be continuous.

To pass rigorous standards, our Habitat homes can’t have any incandescent lights. Only LED lights are placed in our houses.

All SystemVision homes are built with combustion safety in mind. Those with combustion equipment include safety features like direct-vent models and carbon monoxide detectors.

Habitat homes come with a state of the art home security system equipped with motion sensor, and the monitoring services are offered at a reduced rate to homeowner families.

Pressure balancing ensures that the pressures created by delivering air to each room in a SystemVision home are in balance with the others — a key to the success of our comfort guarantees.

All SystemVision homes have performance-verified spot ventilation in the baths and kitchen and a performance-verified whole-house ventilation system.

Made from recycled denim, these materials contain 80% post consumer recycled content. Along with superior sound absorption, they provide energy saving thermal performance.

Duct leakage can be no more than 3% — more than six times tighter than standard NC homes according to a 100-house benchmark analysis. Tight ducts mean less energy waste, fewer comfort issues and better indoor air quality.

Partners

Blog

2026 Home Builders Blitz
We can’t believe it’s already been a week since we wrapped this year's Home Builders Blitz! From May 28–June 5, ten for-profit home builders alongside Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh partnered with subcontractors and other industry leaders to build six affordable Habitat for Humanity homes from frame to finish in just seven days.
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Advocacy

NC leaders can bring true property tax relief to homeowners with program reforms
The North Carolina General Assembly (NCGA) recently passed HB 1089 – Constitutional Amendment Property Tax Levy Limit. The legislation will put a constitutional amendment on the ballot during the 2026 midterm election that asks voters if the NCGA should limit their local property tax bills.
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Habitat Homeowner

How One Daughter Helped Her Parents Find Stability
Abdelhaq works at a local bakery, and like many service-industry employees, he’s watched housing costs rise far faster than wages. The chance to secure an affordable mortgage and a stable future brings deep peace of mind as he and his wife, Malika, look toward the years to come.

Walking beside them every step of the way is their daughter, Bouchra, who has been her parents’ biggest advocate throughout the journey.

“My daughter found this program,” Abdelhaq said, reflecting on what led their family to Habitat Wake.
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Habitat Wake Happenings

Habitat for Humanity of Wake County changes name to Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (May 6, 2026)—Habitat for Humanity of Wake County announces that it is now Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh with the expansion into Franklin County. This new name reflects a continued commitment to bring people together  to build homes, communities, and hope, as Habitat for Humanity expands its reach outside of Wake and Johnston counties.
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Faith

So many ways to support Habitat!
People of faith have been supporting Habitat since our founding more than 40 years ago. We share a prophetic call to serve those in need of safe, equitable affordable housing. We would not have been able to serve the more than 1,000 families with new homes or supported 700 additional families with repairs, without your support! Unfortunately, the affordable housing crisis remains an urgent need in our community, and so we must be innovative in finding new ways to address the problem. Recently, The Catholic Community of St.
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Volunteering

National Volunteer Week: Celebrating our ReStore Core Volunteers!
ReStore Core Volunteers are regular volunteers who show up week after week and bring specialized skills like furniture repair, antique identification and artwork organization. Their reliability and expertise are the backbone of our ReStore operations! Meet some of our Core ReStore Volunteers:
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