{"id":648,"date":"2023-02-02T21:07:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T02:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/carletha-and-eugene-nathan-women-build-2023-future-homebuyer\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T15:52:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T20:52:18","slug":"carletha-and-eugene-nathan-women-build-2023-future-homebuyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/carletha-and-eugene-nathan-women-build-2023-future-homebuyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Carletha and Eugene Nathan \u2013 Women Build 2023 Future Homebuyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Carletha and Eugene (Gene) Nathan recount their history of being \u201cripped off\u201d when trying to buy a house, we can\u2019t help but feel the pain. That pain has now turned to joy and disbelief as they work towards buying their forever home.<\/p>\n

The Nathans have been together for 40 years. They\u2019ve raised five children, are the proud grandparents of 20 and the great-grandparents of six! Their dream of homeownership has been front and center for most of those years.<\/p>\n

Way back when they were both working and raising their family, they moved into a \u201crent to own\u201d property. But Carletha started to get seizures and their world began to turn upside down. She couldn\u2019t work and was put on expensive medication. Gene had to cut his work hours to be her rock; they moved into a rental property and then relocated from Orlando to Sanford, where Eugene\u2019s mom was able to check on Carletha while he worked.<\/p>\n

Such was their saga of long-term rentals, only the most recent of which was a good experience. Carletha\u2019s health had stabilized to the point that, after 18 years, she began working part-time in an elementary school cafeteria. Gene\u2019s health and eyes, though, had deteriorated and he could no longer see. Surgery improved this, but he has been unable to work. Life turned 180 degrees and SHE became HIS rock these past 18 years.<\/p>\n

Still bent on buying, they put down money for a \u201cfirst-time homebuyer\u201d program, went to a class, got a fancy certificate, and\u2026NOTHING! It was a scam, as were several other \u201copportunities.\u201d \u201cEverything we think is legit, we end up getting bamboozled,\u201d says Gene.<\/p>\n

No wonder Carletha threw out the Habitat Seminole-Apopka postcard when it came in the mail. But, when a second card came, she thought someone above might be telling her something. The couple applied, got their finances in order, and were accepted into our Homebuyers Program. Still doubting, they asked a friend if she\u2019s, \u201csure they\u2019re for real?\u201d The friend \u2013 a Habitat homeowner \u2013 assured them the program was \u201cfor real.\u201d They began their journey in November 2021. How do they feel now? \u201cThis is heaven-sent. You guys are legit, and we stand behind you like you stand behind us,\u201d says Gene. \u201cI feel overwhelmed and joyful,\u201d adds Carletha. \u201cFINALLY, we\u2019ll own a house!\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As Carletha and Eugene (Gene) Nathan recount their history of being \u201cripped off\u201d when trying to buy a house, we can\u2019t help but feel the pain. That pain has now turned to joy and disbelief as they work towards buying their forever home. The Nathans have been together for 40 years. They\u2019ve raised five children, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"iawp_total_views":13,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habitatseminoleapopka.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}