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.

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Habitat Wake Happenings

Summer of Service Orientation Recap
“This is a great way to find what you’re passionate about, learn what you’re good at and develop an idea of a career. It’s good to find people that are also passionate about the same things," said Jacelyn, Habitat Summer of Service intern and rising freshman at NC State University.

Habitat Greater Raleigh's Summer of Service program is a unique internship in which young adults work with alongside our team to develop new skills and and gain firsthand experience in nonprofit work.
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Habitat Greater Raleigh welcomes three new members to the 2026-27 Board of Directors
Habitat for Humanity Greater Raleigh is pleased to announce the election of three new members to our Board of Directors. Please join us in welcoming James Bailey (Lee & Associates), Bose Bratton (Wake Stone Property Company) and Dawn Dillon (Young Moore & Henderson).

James Bailey
Vice President & Principal, Lee & Associates | Raleigh, NC
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Affordable Housing

Why National Homeownership Month Matters in the Triangle
June is National Homeownership Month, when we raise awareness about the benefits of owning a home and the importance of making homeownership more attainable for everyone.
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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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