Brandon Price, CEO of the Fayetteville area Habitat for Humanity, is passionate about making sure everyone has safe, affordable housing. The mission is more than a job for him; it comes from a place of personal experience.
“I understand [that] need,” he shared, reflecting on his youth spent living in a trailer near Seagrove, NC, “We had issues we couldn’t address because we just had limited resources.”
He said that he has seen tenants who are reluctant to ask landlords for repairs because they fear they’ll see their rent increase. Additionally, many people don’t know how to do simple repairs themselves, whether they rent or own.
“When you come from that, and you see how people live, you understand how, if people could have safe, affordable housing, it might change theirs and their children’s lives,” Price observed…