Dallen Delgado, left, and Sam Butler in front of their new home.
Photo: Habitat for Humanity York County
Press release
Joy was in the air at the foot of Beaver Hill Road in Springvale on Wednesday at the dedication of a new sweat-equity house built by Habitat for Humanity.
Sam Butler, Dallen Delgado and their son Juniper accepted the keys to the home at 3 Beaver Hill Road and celebrated all the people who made their home possible.
“The community has already rallied behind me, helping to get my house built. I really appreciate it,” Butler wrote in the program for the event. “I feel like I’m part of a community even with people I have never met.”
The couple has dreamed of home ownership since they married in 1993. They had almost secured a home just before the Covid pandemic, then rapidly rising prices made their dream seem ever more remote.
Finally, they qualified for a home through Habitat York County, which makes homes affordable through volunteer labor and access to low-interest financing. The dedication was an occasion to celebrate all the effort that made the home possible. That includes the labor of 37 volunteers – including 400 hours from friends and family – as well as the contributions of 14 sponsors and 45 board members, staff and community committee members steering the project.
“This house will mean freedom. With rents going as high as they are, I will be able to pay a stable mortgage and anticipate what’s coming,” Butler wrote. “Our son has special needs, and he needs a place where he is able to grow old, and this is going to be a place where he can do that and it means everything to us.”
Habitat for Humanity York County board chairman Bill Southwick, executive director Jeff Hassel and others also made remarks at the dedication.
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