Families or individuals who are interested in becoming homeowners through Habitat for Humanity of Wake County’s program are invited to attend one or more of the orientation and information sessions scheduled in February and March.
Habitat will build five new homes in Wake Forest’s East End during 2014. One will be built with the support and partnership of The Body Shop, an international firm whose headquarters for the Americas is in Wake Forest. More Wake Forest and area sponsors and volunteers are needed to help Habitat achieve its goals to positively impact the town and make affordable housing a reality for hard-working families.
Habitat has built 25 homes in Wake Forest since 1992 and recently completed 12 exterior repairs on homes close to downtown. Seven more exterior repair projects are planned for 2014. Called A Brush with Kindness the repairs are done by volunteers.
The information sessions will all be held at the Habitat ReStore and office building at 2420 North Raleigh Boulevard. Each will be about an hour long.
The sessions in February and their times are: Saturday, Feb. 8, 9 a.m.; Tuesday, Feb.18, 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 22, 9 a.m.
The sessions in March are Saturday, March 8, 9 a.m. and Tuesday, March 18, 6:30 p.m.
The new homes will be sold to families and individuals with a 20-year no-interest mortgage after a $1,500 down payment and sweat equity during the construction. The homes will be about 1,200 square feet and will blend in architecturally with existing neighborhood homes.
To learn more about Habitat and its programs or to volunteer with A Brush with Kindness or with the home construction, go to www.HabitatWake.org/homeownership or call 919-833-1999.
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County believes that everyone deserves a decent place to call home. In Wake County and across the nation, affordable housing is a major issue and struggle for many. Twenty percent of North Carolina’s children are living in substandard housing. More than 88,000 Wake County residents live in poverty and cannot afford safe, adequate housing. In Wake County, a minimum wage worker would need to work 87 hours a week to afford a two-bedroom apartment (to meet the federal standard of housing costs to be no more than 30 percent of annual income).
The mission of Habitat is in part to provide opportunities to hard working families regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or any other difference who live in overcrowded, physically substandard, too expensive, unsafe, or subsidized situations. At Habitat Wake, we build homes, communities, and hope. Founded in 1985, Habitat Wake will serve their 1000th family and build their 500th new Habitat home by the end of 2015.
