Stories That Hit Home: How Freddie Mac Is Making Home Possible for Families

What makes home so important? It's the connections and community you're building. It's the legacy you're creating for your family. It's the safety of knowing where you'll celebrate life's milestones year after year. Home provides the stability and freedom needed to do it all.

This year, we told the stories of homeowners and renters nationwide who used Freddie Mac resources to Make Home Possible. With a helping hand from us, our My Home tools and resources can help you find your success story, navigating the journey to home for you and your family.

Learn more about each individual story:

• Make It in Memphis: How One Homebuyer Achieved His Goal of Homeownership. Nicholas Whiteside, a 22-year-old homeowner in Memphis, Tenn., shows how buying a home is possible with the help of housing counselors and resources like Freddie Mac’s CreditSmart^® financial education suite.
• Block by Block in Baltimore: Raising Home Values by Investing in Overlooked Communities. The vacant houses surrounding Yvonne Gunn’s family home in Baltimore were impacting her appraisal value. HomeFree-USA, with the help of Freddie Mac, stepped in to renovate and sell homes on her block, leading to increased property values in the neighborhood and the possibility for Yvonne to build generational wealth for her family.
• Unhoused in Hollywood: How The Residences on Main Aims to Address Homelessness. The Residences on Main provides safe, quality housing and services to the chronically unhoused in Los Angeles. Ruth Campbell shares how her family has found their freedom through this Freddie Mac-funded project after years of unstable housing.
• Basic Training: Empowering Veterans with Financial Education. Soldier On, a nonprofit organization that offers shelter, support and resources for unhoused veterans, has partnered with Freddie Mac to provide financial education for veterans in their program. Learn how CreditSmart has helped veterans transition to civilian life.