Habitat for Humanity

• Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit non-denominational Christian housing organization, dedicated to eliminating poverty and homelessness.
  
  
• We welcome all people to join us as we build simple, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter.
  
  
• Homes are built from volunteer labor, private donations, and the hundreds of hours of "sweat equity" by each partner family. The homes are sold to the partner families at no-profit and no-interest mortgage.
  
  
• The homeowener's monthly mortgage payments go into a revolving fund that is used to build more houses.
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity does not discriminate according to race, religion, or ethnic group.
  
  
• Habitat is not a giveaway program. It is a hand up not hand out. In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payements, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor-sweat equity-into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.
  
  
• Habitat houses are affordable for low income families because there is no profit included in the sale price.
  
  
• Mortgage length varies from seven to thirty years
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller in Amercius, Georgia.
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity International, to date has completed over 200,000 homes (which houses over 1,000,000 people) worldwide.
  
  
• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Moses Lake was founded in 1997 with construction efforts begging in 1998. As of 2008, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Moses Lake has built 9 homes.