Almost two years to the day he moved in, Pamir sat in his Habitat home reflecting on the life he had built for his family over the past eight years in America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He built it not only through working hard and finding a supportive community, but quite literally with his hands. He helped build the house that he and his wife, along with their four young children, live in today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pamir moved into his home in November 2021, when Denney Gardens \u2013 Habitat\u2019s 16-home community in Beaverton \u2013 was completed. He and his wife have four children under 10, and Pamir said the stability of homeownership has changed their lives for the better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn our Iraqi, Moroccan and Afghani community, we love kids, and the wives are always home taking care of the kids,\u201d he said. \u201cWith one person working, it is too hard to catch up on rent and everything. But we feel secure now and I can make my payments easily.\u201d
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Pamir and his wife moved to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2015 with their eldest child, who was born there. Everything about American culture is entirely different from that of his home country, he said, including food, working life and transportation. They came to Oregon because they had distant relatives here who could help guide them through the lifestyle differences in this country.
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Before he became a Habitat homeowner, Pamir was renting an old house that had mold issues. He knew he wanted to get his family out of there and into a better living situation.
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Pamir applied for a Habitat home two times before his application was accepted on the third try. He was not surprised, however, when his family was finally chosen.
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\u201cIt\u2019s just life,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you want something, and you try, finally you will get it.\u201d
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He completed the majority of his participation hours at Denney Gardens building his own home along with those of his future neighbors. He also volunteered at Habitat ReStores, but said he preferred the construction sites due to the practical nature of the work. Through the process, he learned how he might be able to fix things in his home if he ever needed to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also got to meet and bond with his neighbors, and he said everyone in the Denney Gardens community is proud of each other.
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\u201cWe have a mixed community from Afghanistan, Morocco, Iraq, Somalia, America, and Mexico,\u201d he said. \u201cIn the last couple of years, we haven\u2019t faced a single problem.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pamir\u2019s home is clean and decorated with plants, sprawling ornate rugs and floral wallpaper. Brightly colored fish swim in a small aquarium in the corner, and a pet bird chirps in the living room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to be present for his wife and children, Pamir works as a driver for Uber and Lyft, which allows flexibility in his schedule. He considers himself \u201cthe luckiest person\u201d because of his situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHabitat is doing nice work; they don\u2019t go by race, they don\u2019t go by color,\u201d he said. \u201cThey go by whatever is applicable. I\u2019m so happy with that.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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