*****  About Habitat  *****

Habitat for Humanity local affiliate was established in 1996, and is governed by an international, ecumenical Christian housing ministry, working in partnership with people in need to improve the conditions in which they live. Habitat challenges people of compassion to provide the initial capital through gifts and no interest loans to build simple, decent homes with the inadequately sheltered. Houses are sold at no profit, with no-interest mortgages repaid over a 15-25 year period. The house payments are recycled to build more houses through a local Fund for Humanity.

All Habitat affiliate building programs are governed by a local, ecumenical Habitat committee or board of directors that sets up a nondiscriminatory family selection process. Habitat relies heavily on volunteers for construction and administration in all its building. The work is a cooperative effort between volunteers and new home buyers who contribute labor to build their house. In seeking to build up both the tangible and the spiritual aspects of a community, Habitat proclaims the love of Christ in word and deed and aims always to glorify God.

Millard Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity International in 1976. His purpose for the organization is this "Everyone who gets sleepy at night ought to have a decent place to sleep, on terms they can afford to pay." Over the past twenty years Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the world have provided shelter to hundreds of thousands of people.