06/12/2026
Carrie’s house has a new roof, water heater and lighting. The door to her house has been made wheelchair accessible, for the days when Carrie has trouble walking. “When they put that roof on, my great-grandson said, ‘We don’t need the pots and pans in my room anymore.’ He is so excited,” Carrie says. “We all are.”
Carrie is among a growing number of grandparents raising grandchildren.
As a whole, the U.S. is getting older — one in five Americans will be 65 years or greater by 2030, and their numbers are expected to double by 2050.
Read Carrie's story here: https://www.habitat.org/stories/no-place-like-home