On a blue-sky day in September, Brandi Long smiled as she stood in front of her unfinished Ashland townhouse. Two builders with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity organization were onsite, hammering away as Long spoke of her hands-on and other hard work to have a permanent home for her family.

Long will live in the two-story, duplex-style residence, perhaps in time for the December holidays, with her husband, teenage son, 4-year-old son with special needs and a calm cat named Charlie.

The second-generation Ashland resident applied for Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity’s housing program five times before she was selected.

“We didn’t qualify because of the smallest little thing here and there, but we just keep trying,” said Long.

Habitat for Humanity, which celebrates its 50th anniv

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