Alex Slitz
Photojournalist

Crystal Causey, of Henderson, sits in her living room in her Henderson apartment, where she lives with daughter, Hannah Turner, 16, and son, Brason Darden, 7, Thursday, May, 26, 2016. The family has lived in a cramped basement apartment with no hot water for over 16 years. They were selected receive a new home by Henderson County's Habitat For Humanity. The new three bedroom home will be constructed on Fifth Street in Henderson and they plan to move in September.

Crystal Causey, center, hugs her son, Brason Darden, 7, during the groundbreaking ceremony for their new home on Fifth Street in Henderson, Friday, June 3, 2016. Causey was making dinner when she initially received the phone call from Habitat for Humanity saying she'd been approved for a home, "At first I thought it was a dream," she said.

Hannah Turner, 16, hugs her mother, Crystal Causey as they work to paint a room in their new home on Fifth Street in Henderson, Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The new home was built by Habitat for Humanity with help from Causey and her family, "It's a new beginning, it's a better life for us," Causey said.

Hannah Turner, 16, left, eats dinner with her brother, Brason Darden, 8, and her mother, Crystal Causey, in their new home in Henderson, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. In their apartment they lacked space to eat meals around a table and Causey wanted a space in the new home where they could eat together daily, " I think we've gotten closer, we can tolerate each other better," Causey joked.