Read with Us: Evicted

In February, we’re reading Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond for our Book Club. This Pulitzer Prize-winning work chronicles the struggles of eight families and individuals living in low-cost apartments and trailers in Milwaukee. Desmond analyzes the causes of poverty in the United States and identifies the importance of having a secure […]

ICYMI: Colorado Springs Utilities Partnership Promotes Affordable, Waterwise Landscaping

From the Winter 2025 print newsletter (PDF): Although spring is still months away, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity is already preparing to landscape our new homes – and staff at Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) are vital partners in this process. Lisa Pace, water conservation lead at CSU, has worked with our construction team to develop waterwise landscaping […]

ICYMI: Advocacy Supports Affordable Homeownership Policies at Local, State, and National Levels

From the Winter 2025 print newsletter (PDF): Habitat on the Hill, Habitat for Humanity International’s annual advocacy conference, takes place every February in Washington, D.C. In 2024, Pikes Peak Habitat sent four representatives: Jennifer, a home repair program partner and wife of a U.S. Army veteran; Karla Probert, executive assistant to the CEO/affiliate advocacy ambassador; […]

ICYMI: Interfaith Takes Center Stage in February: An Interview with Sandra Walking Eagle

From the Winter 2025 print newsletter February ushers in U.N. World Interfaith Harmony Week, an annual celebration of interfaith projects and cooperation by people of goodwill. During this week, Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity is holding our 4th interfaith dialogue, “United We Build: Together Building Homes, Building Lives,” on Sunday, Feb. 2, from 3-5 p.m. […]

Read with Us: Be the Bridge

This month, in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Building the Beloved Community, we’re reading Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison. Here at Pikes Peak Habitat, we build physical homes and metaphorical bridges! Our Christian faith calls us to radical inclusion, and we live out that […]