A Single Moms Path to Homeowning Success [Video]

“Mama did it!”

Phlonda Davis imagined her three children speaking those very three words whenever she encountered a barrier on the road to owning a home.

The thought of hearing those words re-directed Davis each time.

Away from the unaffordable down payment requirements for a traditional mortgage.

Away from savings-robbing, never-ending rent hikes at the apartment she was leasing.

Toward the fastest route to homeownership for her family – Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville.

And Regions Bank provided Davis a lift to get there – in the form of a grant to Habitat, expressly for the construction of a new home for Davis, a single mother who works as a nonprofit human resources director.

“In Nashville, we have an affordable housing crisis,” said Lethia Mann, a community development manager for Regions Bank. “Our partnership with Habitat helps us to provide new, quality housing that’s affordable for the families who work every day in this community.”

Mann has …