Two Area Residents Become Homeowners Thanks to Habitat Build
Jackson residents Jaimie Artis, facing, hugs Latoya Hinds after both were handed keys to their new Habitat for Humanity homes on Thursday. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV News. By Jeff Steers JTV News (June 9, 2022 4:53 PM) Jackson resident Jaimie Artis said she had become “comfortable” living in her apartment for a number of years. Seventeen years. That will all come to a close in a couple of weeks when she and her four children move into a DeLand Habitat Neighborhood project on Franklin Street in Jackson. It is one of four homes built by Habitat for Humanity just behind the soon-to-be renovated Y Center. A dedication was held Thursday for Artis and Latoya Hinds who have been working on the project with Habitat for Humanity for two years. “This is a big change … a great change,” Artis said. “I am blessed and thankful for Habitat for Humanity.” The homes have four bedrooms and two bathrooms along with a yard. Hinds is happy to have the guidance of Habitat for Humanity for the past two years. “It is a big jump (from an apartment), but I am glad I was able to work with Habitat,” Hinds said. “Being…
