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ยป VISIT US ONLINE @ DSNEWS.COM 91 ARIZONA Meritage Homes Donates Home to Military Family One of America's military families will receive a new home now that Meritage Homes Corporation, a U.S. homebuilder, has renewed its partnership with Operation Homefront, a national charity aimed at building stable and secure homes for military families. e companies work together through the Homes on the Homefront program to place military families in new homes. "We are grateful to be partnering with Meritage Homes for the fifth year to place another deserving military family in a mortgage-free and energy-efficient home," said retired Brig. Gen. Robert omas, COO for Operation Homefront. Meritage Homes is donating a 2,038 square-foot three-bedroom home in Dallas. e home will include a two-car garage, a covered outdoor living area, and ENERGY STAR appliances. It will also include spray-foam insulation and energy-efficient windows that will save money by cutting down on cooling costs by 50 percent. e recipient of the new home will be selected by Operation Homefront and announced on September 11. e keys will be awarded on Veterans Day. omas said he hopes the donation will allow military families to thrive in the communities that they have worked to protect. "We are proud to partner with Operation Homefront to help a military family realize their own American dream of owning a home," said Steven J. Hilton, Chairman and CEO of Meritage Homes. "ey have helped to secure the freedoms we all enjoy, and as they transition back to civilian life, we hope that a safe, secure, and mortgage-free home will make that transition easier." e Homes on the Homefront program began in 2012 and has placed nearly 600 military families in mortgage-free homes, whose deeds are valued together at over $48 million. "I was floored by what Meritage Homes provides for veterans and military families," said Staff Sgt. Joseph Moncrief, who re- ceived a home for his family of four last year in Phoenix, Arizona. "It's a dream that we have been wanting for a long time. We no longer have to move constantly or worry where we are going next."