Home Depot, lead sponsor of Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys’ Habitat for Heroes’ Veteran home repair program, helped change the life of a Vietnam Vet Saturday, Jan 19, for Lancaster City’s MLK Day event.
Home Depot has sponsored and helped repair over 10 Veteran homes in North Los Angeles County through this ‘Critical Home Repair/Disability Modification’ program over the last year. The MLK day of service veteran, Robert Primeux, was recently honored in Washington DC at the Vietnam Wall Celebration as one of the few remaining 100% disabled veterans in the Vietnam Conflict. He is a low-income veteran. Before MLK Day, his home had no carpeting, padding or any flooring, as it needed to be taken up due to water damage. Although the major leaking issue had been fixed, he was unable to live in the home at the time due to lack of flooring and need for minor repairs and sealing. Home Depot has now carpeted his home as well as provided the minor repairs needed to make Primeaux’s home livable again.
The “Habitat for Heroes” program is an effort by Habitat for Humanity SF/SCV which focuses on ensuring that veterans are supported through home modifications, education, and accommodating services that will help prevent them from common house-related problems that veterans face, often leading to homelessness. Through the Habitat program, and the hard work of volunteers from Home Depot and the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Primeaux and his teenage son are able to move back into their Palmdale home.