Home is the KEY: Help Open Doors for More Families

Fauquier Habitat knows that safe, affordable homes change lives and communities, yet the U.S. housing crisis is increasing for communities in every region of the country. 

While the challenges are different, the severity of the housing crisis is no less in rural areas and smaller towns than in urban and suburban areas. In the last two years, home prices and interest rates raised the costs of homebuying to historic highs, pricing out millions of potential first-time buyers, slowing homeownership growth and exacerbating disparities in homeownership.

We must join forces with our neighbors to develop more inclusive communities and create areas of opportunity where local families can thrive. This April, Home is the Key reminds us that we all benefit when homeownership is accessible to everyone.

Home is the key to safety, opportunity, joy, and fulfillment. Help us open doors for more local families this April!

Why support Home is the Key?

Home is the key to a better future.

Shelter is not a privilege — it’s a human need. Decent, affordable housing plays a key role in a family’s education, health, wealth and well-being. However, not every household has the same opportunities to succeed. 

Homeownership is a key driver of American household wealth. But structural inequality in the U.S. housing market has widened homeownership disparities compared to when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968.

In Fauquier County, where the average price of a three-bedroom home is over $600,000, homeownership is unattainable for many, including our teachers, firefighters and police officers. The delays, cuts, and freezes occurring within the federal budget further affect rural communities like Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties, which rely on USDA and other federal agencies for down payment assistance and low-interest financing. 

Many families have been locked out for too long. 

Homeownership is a key driver of American household wealth. But structural inequality in the U.S. housing market has widened homeownership disparities compared to when the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968.

Join us in creating more inclusive communities.

Support Fauquier Habitat’s work through Home is the Key to advance solutions that improve housing access and affordability.