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Overview of Habitat for Humanity
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" Since 1976. Habitat for humanity in the building simple homes like this throughout the US and sixty other countries worldwide. It's a nonprofit ecumenical Christian organization that runs on volunteer labor and tax deductible donations and anyone can get involved. Based on the believe that is the community's job to see that everyone has safe and decent place to live habitat has been so popular and successful that in the year 2000. It will build 100000. Home. -- rapidly growing Phoenix Arizona there's a need for affordable housing on a large scale. Back by land grants and donations from Banc one's start a foundation from Sears national bank and other sponsors. Habitat is building an entire planned community value of the stuff. I took a quick tour with president and CEO Chris. What impressed -- these south branch. Project here."
" Valley of the sun has been one of the most successful. Habitat projects anywhere in the world really how many houses have been built today hundreds were done we've got another ten that are up and under construction now including forced labs that are just and Ford and I how does that work out of people. Get houses here. We work with the group we have volunteers to go out and talk to people in the community they take applications for people who want to be homeowners. We go through very extensive screening process we look at. Work history credit history. A willingness to work with habitat and probably most -- need for housing yes and and ordered to it to qualify they also have to put in 400 yards of sweat equity volunteering on. Other's houses as well as on their -- 10000 hours go in this and they've been accepted in the program before they even get to select their own own right and then in this particular community we've got several different models we were just looking and an Adobe and then we've got a numbers of contemporary looking houses. That there's nothing wrong with these houses they look beautiful run of the we have several architectural magazines to want to write up the project because they look at it and it's a great way to do smaller house the -- In order for people to live here under the guidelines they also have to participate in all sorts of training and they they gets into programs that help them deal with homeownership as well all sorts of other areas right. Part of -- is sweat equity hours include. Classes and home maintenance classes and financial management now. There are no front lawns here everybody's got this zero -- kind of desert vegetation. -- The ability to meet in that wonderful pavilion and full of children every afternoon. Now speaking of children not just in the community also have after school programs yes we've run an active after school program which comes out of the life senate we have over here which includes. Computer training and enrichment programs arts programs music programs I know you told me this this house behind us was just completed in the folks who've been -- the mortgage work for them. What we do is we provide them with a no interest mortgages based upon their income their ability to pay the mortgage is spread over there between fifteen and twenty years dealing with people between thirty and 80% of median income and so really as a matter of what they can word that allows them. The flexibility continuing the life okay and there's many more homes to be built here congratulations thank you Bob thanks for letting you down here."
