{"id":5838,"date":"2024-07-01T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T08:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:46:20","slug":"buzzards-bay-area-habitat-for-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/newsroom\/buzzards-bay-area-habitat-for-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"New Habitat Homeowners Express Gratitude to BayCoast Mortgage during Emotional Home Dedication in Westport, MA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-resource-hero-Z2ujvPt wp-block-lazyblock-resource-hero\"><div class=\"noHero\" style=\"height: 10rem;\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\t    \n\t    <div class=\"categories flex\" style=\"justify-content: flex-start;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-right: 2rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/resource\/newsroom\">Newsroom<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"primaryColor dot h6\" style=\"transform: scale(2.2); \">\u00b7<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h6\" style=\"margin-left: 2rem;\">\t\t\t\tJuly 1, 2024        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t    \n\t    <h1 class=\"h2 blue bgWhite\" style=\"max-width: 50rem\">New Habitat Homeowners Express Gratitude to BayCoast Mortgage during Emotional Home Dedication in Westport, MA<\/h1>\n\t    \n\t    <hr style=\"margin-bottom: 7rem;\">\n\t  \n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wrapper\" style=\"justify-content: center; max-width: 90rem;\">\n\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; position: relative;\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"New Habitat Homeowners Express Gratitude to BayCoast Mortgage during Emotional Home Dedication in Westport, MA\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 494px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 494\/226;width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>\n  \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-interior-content-KQzCs wp-block-lazyblock-interior-content\"><div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"section\">\n\t<div class=\"paddedWrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wrapper flex gutenberg\" style=\"justify-content: center;\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"smallWrapper gutenberg\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"h3\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t  \t<hr style=\"margin-bottom: 5rem;\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<!-- interior content -->\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<p>SWANSEA, WESTPORT, MA \u2013 There\u2019s no place like home. Those words, famously proclaimed by the character Dorothy in the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz, have a special meaning for two grateful new homeowners in Westport, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their names are Holly and Beronica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two women, along with their families, now have a beautiful new place to call home on the South Coast, thanks to the Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity and the nonprofit organization\u2019s numerous donors and volunteers. Because of their tireless hard work and dedication, a newly completed duplex \u2013 part of a first-of-its-kind affordable home build for the Habitat chapter in this quaint small town &#8211; now stands at 629 Sodom Road. It is here, where Holly and Beronica are each the proud homeowners of their own 1,500 square foot unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special home dedication ceremony was held on June 8, 2024 to celebrate the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Buzzards Bay Habitat Home Dedication June 2024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/964635025?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting for this all my life, to be called a homeowner,\u201d said Holly, a 1989 graduate of Westport High School and life-long renter. \u201cMy family is from the Westport area, this is our home base, so I am very grateful to give my kids something I\u2019ve always wanted. To the volunteers, we thank you for the support and dedication you have shown. I can\u2019t say thank you enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With soaring prices in the local real estate market, Beronica says having this new home gives her a sense of peace and security. \u201cI work two jobs because the cost of paying rent today is so outrageous. Having this home will take a lot of the stress off my shoulders. It is a relief knowing I won\u2019t have to struggle to pay for my housing and to put food on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each unit of the newly constructed duplex offers three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, kitchen, and an outdoor deck. The homes were designed with \u201cpassive\u201d energy-efficient strategies to keep costs and energy consumption low. Both home recipients put in 300 hours of \u201csweat equity\u201d to assist volunteers in the build. They also worked with BayCoast Mortgage, which provided the financing for each unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt BayCoast Mortgage, we pride ourselves on our commitment to affordable lending and community development, and we were proud to work with Buzzards Bay Area Habitat to provide both the construction funding for this project as well as the permanent mortgages for the two very deserving new homeowners,\u201d said Daniel J. Briand, Senior Vice President at BayCoast Mortgage. \u201cThanks to Habitat, the families were able to purchase these homes at much less than the market value, making their monthly expenses within reach. BayCoast was delighted to be a part of this project to help Holly and Beronica achieve the American Dream of homeownership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christine Lacourse, Executive Director of the Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity Chapter says she is thrilled for the new homeowners. \u201cOne of my favorite parts of the job is when I tell a family that they are receiving a home. When I told Holly and Beronica, you could hear them tear up over the phone. It just fills your heart\u2026because they know that they are finally going to have the homes of their dreams, which is just fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new homeowners, who developed a friendship during the home-building process, are looking forward to moving in and becoming neighbors. \u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true,\u201d said Holly. \u201cI\u2019d like to volunteer for Habitat in the future to help someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Habitat for Humanity, affordable homes are built with volunteer labor, donations of land, money, and materials, as well as a minimum of 300 sweat equity hours the Habitat family puts into building their own home. The homes are sold to Habitat families at no profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity, an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, serves the towns of Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham and Westport. If you would like to volunteer on a future project, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/buzzardsbayhabitat.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buzzardsbayhabitat.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About BayCoast Mortgage <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BayCoast Mortgage Company, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of BayCoast Bank, serving MA, RI, CT, NH, PA, NJ, MD, VA, SC, NC, and FL, offering a wide variety of home mortgage products including FHA, VA, Land, Construction, Conforming and Jumbo Loans. To learn more,&nbsp; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BayCoastMortgage.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baycoastmortgage.com<\/a> or call 877-466-2678.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"class_list":["post-5838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1-300x137.jpg",300,137,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false],"large":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",300,137,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",400,183,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/habitat-home-1.jpg",494,226,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Newsroom \u00b7 July 1, 2024 New Habitat Homeowners Express Gratitude to BayCoast Mortgage during Emotional Home Dedication in Westport, MA SWANSEA, WESTPORT, MA \u2013 There\u2019s no place like home. Those words, famously proclaimed by the character Dorothy in the 1939 movie classic The Wizard of Oz, have a special meaning for two grateful new homeowners in Westport, Massachusetts. Their names are Holly and Beronica. The two women, along with their families, now have a beautiful new place to call home on the South Coast, thanks to the Buzzards Bay Area Habitat for Humanity and the nonprofit organization\u2019s numerous donors and&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/.\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsroom<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Katheryn Nogueira","url":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/author\/knogueira\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 11:20:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baycoastmortgage.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}