{"id":748,"date":"2025-01-06T16:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T21:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/?post_type=homebuyer-story&#038;p=748"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:54:14","slug":"devora-slaughter","status":"publish","type":"homebuyer-story","link":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/homebuyer-story\/devora-slaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Devora"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMom, when are we going to stop moving?\u201d asks Devora\u2019s 12-year-old son. \u201cWe\u2019re moving every year!\u201d Devora has tried to explain to her three children that she can only rent where she can afford. Unfortunately, those places have been full of mold\u2026and even bats! Trying to escape those unhealthy environments, as well as the rising rents, has led to constant moves. She has not escaped, though. She\u2019s now paying a whopping $2,045 per month for a three-bedroom unit with mold. When Devora moved to Orlando in 2020, wanting to get her children out of Miami and leave an unhealthy family situation, she rented a house and found a job. With dreams of homeownership, she first applied to Habitat in 2021. As she didn\u2019t meet the financial criteria, she was denied. Still determined, she took our Financial Academy classes and found the higher-paying position she has today as a custodian at a medical facility. She also improved her credit score and began to save money. Getting a raise within her first six months on the job, quarterly bonuses for a job well done, and working extra hours, sure helps in that regard! With her homeownership dream fueled by stark memories of living in a Miami shelter with her kids, Devora reapplied to Habitat. She was accepted in our Homebuyers Program in May 2023 and began her sweat equity hours. Emergency surgery stopped her short in July, with a three- month hiatus from work, and she credits the Habitat team and her kids for encouraging her not to give up. Devora\u2019s children not only inspire her, but the two older ones have helped earn sweat equity hours by laying sod, painting, working community hours, and getting A grades. \u201cIt\u2019s a family affair,\u201d she says. \u201cThey are happy. Finally, we won\u2019t have to move anymore!\u201d The fact her future home is being built by Women Build 24 teams thrills Devora to no end! She can\u2019t wait to meet and work alongside everyone, as her job allows, and wanted to make sure it wasn\u2019t too early to tell you\u2026 \u201cI want to thank the Women Builders ahead of time for everything!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":749,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"give_campaign_id":0,"iawp_total_views":33},"class_list":["post-748","homebuyer-story","type-homebuyer-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/homebuyer-story\/748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/homebuyer-story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/homebuyer-story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}