Its not enough to build houses, you have to build people'

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Its not enough to build houses, you have to
build people.

• Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity

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Habitat for Humanity International

• Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller in Americus, GA
• Habitat for Humanity (HFH) is an international,
  nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry
• Using donated money, materials and property and
  volunteer labor, our purpose is to build with and
  sell to families who could not otherwise afford a
  home and whose present housing is inadequate
• Over 2,300 Affiliates in 92 countries, including
  all 50 states and has built over 200,000 houses
  around the world

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HFH Criteria for Family Selection

• HFH reviews 3 distinct areas of selection
  criteria when reviewing applications for home
  ownership
• Housing need
• Willingness to partner
• Sweat Equity Hours
• Ability to pay
• 30 - 60 of Median Income

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Homeownership with HFH

• Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent,
  affordable homes in partnership with families in
  need
• Homes are sold at no profit and no interest
• Mortgage payments are about 400/month over a
  term of 25-30 years
• interest-free principle
• escrow for annual real estate taxes
• escrow for insurance premiums

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Heartland Habitat for Humanity

• Heartland Habitat for Humanity
• (HHfH) is dedicated to building
• simple, decent, affordable houses with
• Gods people in need in Wyandotte,
• Johnson, Leavenworth counties in
• Kansas and Clay and Platte counties in
• Missouri

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HHfH Building Communities

• In addition to helping individual families, HHfH
  helps develop communities
• New homeowners pay all property taxes and
  assessments
• HHfH has put approximately 2,000,000 on the tax
  rolls in Wyandotte, Johnson and Leavenworth
  Counties
• Neighborhood Associations, Crime Watch and other
  community programs actively support Heartland
  Habitat for Humanity

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Impact of HHfHs Work

• HHfH has been investing in communities for over
  20 years
• In WyCo alone, over 125 homes have been completed
• In 2006, HHfH WyCo homeowners paid an estimated
  174,000 in total property taxes
• Nearly 10 million has been added to the countys
  tax base since 1989

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Volunteers The Backbone of HHfH

• HHfH is a volunteer-driven organization. We
  welcome people from all walks of life to join us
• Working side-by-side with the family who will
  live in the house, volunteers experience for
  themselves the joy created when a family is able
  to realize their dream of home ownership
• Faith-based groups respond to the Christian
  ministry of the mission
• Corporate groups enjoy the team-building
  experience
• Group-specific opportunities include Womens
  Build, Youth Build, Blitz Builds, and corporate
  challenges

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Building a HHfH Home

• Current home design
• 3 bedrooms
• 2 full baths
• 1-car attached garage
• 1,400 sq ft of livable space
• Costs involved
• Land acquisition
• Construction staff
• Insurance, Taxes
• Construction materials
• Professional contractors

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ReStore

• Warehouse store open to the public!
• Helps keeps useable items out of landfills
• Donations may be tax-deductible
• New and surplus building and construction
  materials also new and gently used appliances
  and furniture
• Kansas ReStores located in Kansas City, Wichita,
  Lawrence, Manhattan, Marysville

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Kansas HFH Affiliates
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CONTACT US

• Heartland Habitat for Humanity
• 1401 Fairfax Traffic Way, Suite 323D
• Kansas City, Kansas 66115
• 913/342-3047
• www.heartlandhabitat.org
• Tom Lally
• tom_at_heartlandhabitat.org