2018 has been the busiest year in memory for Marion County Habitat for Humanity, as the county’s housing and labor shortages have required their services more than ever.

Robin Pfalzgraf is the director of Habitat for Humanity in the county; she tells KNIA/KRLS News they usually do a couple of critical repair projects on existing homes…but this year, they wound up doing nine of them.

“And that includes plumbing and windows and roofs and we put a central air service in for an older couple and we did furnace repairs,” Pfalzgraf says. “And we will be six to seven or more next year, and we’re at seven construction projects this year.”

Habitat for Humanity has also taken on the task of moving entire homes, a process which Pfalzgraf says involved a lot of work and a lot of learning…but which has proven successful, as they have moved four different homes in a year and a half.

She says the home moving projects have also helped to increase the profile of Habitat for Humanity in the county in general, attracting attention to an agency which has often been overlooked in the past.

You can find out more about Marion County Habitat for Humanity’s year in review, and plans for 2019, on today’s edition of Let’s Talk Knoxville.