After 26 years leading Lafayette Habitat for Humanity, Executive Director Melinda Taylor has announced she will retire in December 2026, leaving behind a legacy of building homes and helping families across Acadiana achieve homeownership.It's been a great privilege of my life to do this work, Taylor said.Taylors work with Habitat for Humanity began in the 1990s in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, before she moved to Lafayette to lead the local affiliat…