From the ArcaMax Publishing, Charities Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/charities/s-118033-741811
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian housing ministry. HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing
and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter
of conscience and action.
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat
builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the
homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner
families at no profit, financed with affordable loans. The homeowners'
monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses.
Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and
the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of
their own labor -- sweat equity -- into building their Habitat house
and the houses of others.
For more information, visit www.habitat.org.
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