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Photos: Habitat for Humanity House Dedication

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ While people check out her new home, Betty Hurd, center, hugs Lucinda Watkins after a dedication ceremony for her and Vanester Steele's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood. Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ While people check out her new home, Betty Hurd, center, hugs Lucinda Watkins after a dedication ceremony for her and Vanester Steele's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

By Staff photos by C.B. Schmelter August 24, 2019 1 min read

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Habitat for Humanity House Dedication

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Habitat for Humanity Development Director Dominique Brandt speaks during a dedication ceremony for Vanester Steele and Betty Hurd's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Habitat for Humanity President and CEO David Butler speaks during a dedication ceremony for Vanester Steele and Betty Hurd's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Vanester Steele, left, hugs Habitat for Humanity Director of Family and Mortgage Services Tenasa McGhee during a dedication ceremony for her and Betty Hurd's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Betty Hurd, left, hugs Habitat for Humanity Director of Family and Mortgage Services Tenasa McGhee during a dedication ceremony for her and Vanester Steele's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Father Peter Kanyi leads the Litany of Celebration during a dedication ceremony for Vanester Steele and Betty Hurd's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ In front of her new home, Vanester Steele, right, poses for a selfie with Mayor Andy Berke after a dedication ceremony for her and Betty Hurd's homes on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Hurd's and Steele's homes were the 15th and 16th homes built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga held a house dedication celebration on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, for Vanester Steele and Betty Hurd, whose homes are the 15th and 16th ones built in The Villages at Alton Park neighborhood in Chattanooga by Habitat.