This year, U.S. Army Sergeant Aisha Hardemon in McDonough, GA, became the 100th recipient of a new home through Pulte’s Built to Honor program. The event marked yet another life-changing chapter for a special veteran and their family.
Since 2013, PulteGroup, one of America’s largest homebuilders, has been awarding mortgage-free homes to veterans injured during their term of service. Through Built to Honor, PulteGroup and its partners seek to ease one of the most significant burdens wounded veterans may face as they return to civilian life: ensuring they have a place of their own to call home.
“Reentry to civilian life can be difficult, and we want to make it just a bit easier for our nation’s veterans,” said Ryan Marshall, President and CEO of PulteGroup. “To be able to hand over the keys to someone as deserving as Sergeant Hardemon is a true honor. We hope this Built to Honor home is just the beginning for what’s next for the Hardemon family, just as it has been for the 99 other veterans who’ve received homes through the program.
“Reaching this milestone represents the steadfast commitment of our employees to serve our nation’s veterans,” added Marshall, “along with the generous support of our trade partners and suppliers, who routinely donate their time and materials to our Built to Honor homes.”
With this 100th Built to Honor home, PulteGroup has donated more than $35 million in homes and building materials across 17 states to 100 wounded or disabled veterans and their families since the program’s inception. But it means so much more than that. PulteGroup is delivering the dream of homeownership. Every Built to Honor home also relieves the veteran and their family from mortgage payments so they can focus on what matters most – healing and readjusting to civilian life.
Sergeant Hardemon joined the Army in 2007, deploying to both Iraq and Afghanistan during her six-year service. During this time, she earned numerous commendations, including the Army Commendation Medal and Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Two Campaign Stars. She continues to be dedicated to serving the community as she leads chair fitness classes for seniors at nursing homes.
The 100th Built to Honor home was awarded in partnership with Building Homes for Heroes®, a national non-profit organization devoted to bringing support to injured veterans.
About Built to Honor®
For over the last decade, PulteGroup’s Built to Honor® program has recognized and thanked returning military personnel who have been injured during their service by providing mortgage-free homes to veterans and their families. Launched in 2013, the program has built and donated 100 homes, gifting more than $35 million in value, across the country. Built to Honor works in partnership with nonprofit organizations to identify veteran candidates. For more information about Built to Honor, visit builttohonor.org.
About PulteGroup
PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM), based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of America’s largest homebuilding companies with operations in more than 45 markets throughout the country. Through its brand portfolio that includes Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta Homes, American West and John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, the company is one of the industry’s most versatile homebuilders able to meet the needs of multiple buyer groups and respond to changing consumer demand.
About Building Homes for Heroes
Building Homes for Heroes builds and gifts mortgage-free homes, and completes home modifications, for veterans, emergency first responders and their families, and provides further services along their road to recovery to help them live a promising and fulfilling life ahead. Learn more at buildinghomesforheroes.org.
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