Working for a Habitat Home

There often a misperception that Habitat gives away homes. This is far from the truth. It is said that Habitat is a hand up, not a hand out. This is exactly what we do. It's for families that have had a tough time, whether that mean a loss in the family, a sickness, or just can't afford living with the expensive cost of renting somewhere. As I mentioned in a previous blog, the home is interest free. The payment of the mortgage of the current home owner pays for the next home build of a future home owner. The family also, as part of their payment, must complete what Habitat calls "Sweat Equity." This mean the family works a total of 500 hours building for Habitat; 400 on other houses, and the last 100 they spend working on their own house they are about to move into so that they may say they built their home. Habitat, after all, is built on the basis of volunteers. Without the volunteers, Habitat would not exist. It is a true feeling of community, and that's exactly what it is.