Women build Habitat home, work toward solutions for Central Florida housing crisis WFTV [Video]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Women in Orlando are working to build the foundation of a new home.

On Friday, Hilton Grand Vacations partnered with Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County for its Women Build day, in honor of International Women’s Month.

The push comes as house prices skyrocket.

“How am I going to afford stable housing moving forward?,” Ambar Velazquez asked. “It didn’t seem feasible to stay in Central Florida and Orlando.”

It has forced many people like Velazquez to decide whether they can remain local or be forced to move elsewhere.

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“I thought about maybe I need to buy land in Mount Dora, maybe I need to look to the country, maybe I need to move back to Puerto Rico,” Velazquez said.

She then found Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando and Osceola County.

Through her hard work, she was approved as a …