Operation Homefront Selects Dallas Veteran for Mortgage-Free Meritage Home
September 11 2017 - 7:00AM
Operation Homefront and Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE:MTH) today
announced that a deserving military family has been selected to
receive a newly built mortgage-free home in Northlake, Texas. The
home will be delivered to the family on November 9, just in time
for Veterans Day.
U.S. Army Specialist William Robbin, his wife
Nikki, their three children and service dog will receive a
2,038-square-foot Meritage home through Operation Homefront’s Homes
on the Homefront Program. With three bedrooms and a fully paid
mortgage, the family will have an opportunity to set down roots
near their extended family and existing support network.
“It’s such a blessing and still feels like a
dream every day,” said William. “Thank you for everything you do
for veterans.”
William enlisted in the Army in 2007 and carried
out multiple missions every day as he rose to the rank of
specialist. He later served in Iraq in 2008 where he cleared homes
and patrolled the streets of Baghdad. William was honorably
discharged in 2012 after suffering from traumatic brain injury and
daily seizures.
The single-story home will include the
M.Connected Home™ Automation Suite, a two-car garage, private study
and covered outdoor living area. It will also come with an array of
money-saving features, such as ENERGY STAR® appliances, spray-foam
insulation and energy-efficient windows, which cut heating and
cooling costs by as much as 50 percent.
Steven J. Hilton, chairman and CEO of Meritage
Homes, said, "This will be the eleventh time we’ve given a quality,
mortgage-free home to a deserving veteran’s family, and each time
is a heart-warming and emotional moment for all of us involved. We
are extremely appreciative of the courageous men and women serving
in America’s armed forces, and truly honored to be able to improve
veterans’ lives in cooperation with Operation Homefront.”
Founded in 2012, the Homes on the Homefront
program has placed nearly 600 military families in mortgage-free
homes since inception.
“We are so grateful to Meritage Homes for their
amazing support of our mission to build strong, stable, and secure
military families,” said Brig. Gen. (ret.) John I. Pray Jr.,
president and CEO of Operation Homefront. “This life-changing
donation allows our veteran family to have the opportunity to
thrive in a community they have worked so hard to protect.”
“We look forward to awarding another beautiful
home to a deserving military family in November – just in time for
the holidays,” added Pray.
For more information about the Operation
Homefront and Meritage Homes partnership, please visit
http://www.HomesontheHomefront.org/Highlights or
www.MeritageHomes.com.
About Meritage
Homes Meritage Homes is the eighth-largest public
homebuilder in the United States, based on homes closed in 2016.
Meritage Homes builds and sells single-family homes for first-
time, move-up, luxury and active adult buyers across the Western,
Southern and Southeastern United States. Meritage Homes builds in
markets including Sacramento, San Francisco Bay area, southern
coastal and Inland Empire markets in California; Houston,
Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin and San Antonio, Texas;
Phoenix/Scottsdale, Green Valley and Tucson, Arizona; Denver,
Colorado; Orlando, Tampa and south Florida; Raleigh and Charlotte,
North Carolina; Greenville-Spartanburg and York County, South
Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and Atlanta, Georgia.
Meritage Homes has designed and built over
100,000 homes in its 32-year history, and has a reputation for its
distinctive style, quality construction, and positive customer
experience. Meritage Homes is the industry leader in
energy-efficient homebuilding and has received the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year
for Sustained Excellence Award every year since 2013 for innovation
and industry leadership in energy efficient homebuilding.
About Operation
Homefront Founded in 2002, Operation Homefront is a
national nonprofit organization whose mission is to build strong,
stable, and secure military families so that they can thrive – not
simply struggle to get by – in the communities they have worked so
hard to protect. Recognized for superior performance by leading
independent charity oversight groups, 92 percent of Operation
Homefront expenditures go directly to programs that support tens of
thousands of military families each year. Operation Homefront
provides critical financial assistance, transitional and permanent
housing and family support services to prevent short-term needs
from turning into chronic, long-term struggles. Thanks to the
generosity of our donors and the support from thousands of
volunteers, Operation Homefront proudly serves America’s military
families.
For more information, visit
OperationHomefront.org.
MEDIA INQUIRIES: Jason E.
Moody Housing Programs Communications Manager, Operation
Homefront Jason.Moody@OperationHomefront.org210.243.1657
Lauren Hendeles, Meritage Homes
Corporationmedia@meritagehomes.com602.750.5934
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