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More Information About Habitat for Humanity
God’s love in action!
Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.
- Local Success:
- Locally, we have built 90 homes since we were established in 1986.
- We have averaged 6 houses a year in recent years.
- 10% of our unrestricted income goes to Habitat for Humanity International to build houses in the third world. Alachua Habitat for Humanity has build 58 houses through this program.
- Who qualifies?
- Must be an Alachua county resident for at least a year.
- Must be living in inadequate housing.
- Must have a steady income.
- Monthly bills must be paid timely and cannot exceed 40% of monthly income.
- Habitat is not a give away program.
- Residents must complete 400 hours of “sweat equity”. They work 200 hours on their neighbors home and 200 hours on their own home.
- Residents must pay monthly no-interest mortgage payments.
- These mortgage payments help us build new Habitat homes.
- Goals:
- We hope to complete phase one of our neighborhood, Celebration Oaks, by June 2008.
- We also want to have one additional house in the process of being built at all points in time in another part of Alachua County.
- Results: Lives are changed.
- Children of homeowners are;
- 25% more likely to graduate from high school
- 116% more likely to graduate from college
- 59% more likely to own their own home within 10 years of moving from their parents’ household.
- All donations to Alachua Habitat for Humanity are 100% tax deductible.
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