Green Mountain Habitat marks 40 years building affordable homes [Video]

A nonprofit organization that works to build homes and hope for people eager to achieve home ownership is celebrating a milestone in 2024. Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity will mark its 40th anniversary serving northwestern Vermont with a mission the group believes has never been as vital as it is during the region’s housing crisis.”The demand has always been there, but it’s never been quite this dramatic,” said David Mullin, the CEO of Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity. Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1984 as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity. Ever since, it has been committed to building safe and energy-efficient homes that stay perpetually affordable to own, Mullin explained.”When I first came on board, we were doing one house every other year,” Mullin said in an interview Thursday with NBC5 News. “Now, we’re doing five or six and our board has recently made a commitment …