{"id":1823,"date":"2025-08-01T14:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/?post_type=featured-story&p=1823"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:08:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:08:28","slug":"taneashas-story-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"featured-story","link":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/stories-of-hope\/taneashas-story-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Taneasha's Story of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Taneasha, becoming a homeowner means more than having a roof over her head\u2014it means not paying high rent that has held her back for years. As a participant in the Framing Hope<\/em> program\u2014a partnership between Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity and House of Hope\u2014Taneasha is on a path to affordable homeownership, stability, and a brighter future for her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneasha is a mother of two: a 13-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son. Her journey hasn\u2019t been easy. She\u2019s faced homelessness, toxic relationships, and addiction. But through it all, she\u2019s leaned on her faith and her relationship with God to stay focused and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with the support of Iowa Heartland Habitat and House of Hope, Taneasha is building more than just a house\u2014she\u2019s building a future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will have a home and have something to call ours,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneasha\u2019s new home will begin construction soon, and the entire family is overwhelmed with excitement. Her daughter can\u2019t wait to have her own room, and her son looks forward to playing in a backyard for the first time. Taneasha herself is thrilled to finally have a garage\u2014a safe space after struggling with repeated thefts from her car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also finds joy and purpose working at the ReStore, where she says the staff and volunteers have become like family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is just amazing what you guys are doing,\u201d she shares. \u201cI\u2019m just super grateful for this opportunity. I\u2019ve struggled a lot, but I\u2019m here to say\u2014I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taneasha\u2019s story is one of resilience, faith, and hope. And thanks to the power of partnership and community, her family is finally on their way home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Taneasha, becoming a homeowner means more than having a roof over her head\u2014it means not paying high rent that has held her back for years. As a participant in the Framing Hope program\u2014a partnership between Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity and House of Hope\u2014Taneasha is on a path to affordable homeownership, stability, and a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1826,"template":"","page-location":[196],"story-type":[209],"class_list":["post-1823","featured-story","type-featured-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","page-location-stories-of-impact","story-type-homeownership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-story\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/featured-story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page-location?post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"story-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webuildhabitat.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-type?post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}