My neighbor is an active volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and yesterday I had the opportunity to support her efforts by attending the 1000th Habitat for Humanity celebration in Longmont. A lucky family was finally able to reach their dream of homeownership thanks to the wonderful program.
I wasn't that familiar with Habitat and how they worked, I really thought it was just a family helping to build a house they got for free...I was mistaken. These families work at least 250 hours helping to build their home and they undergo numerous classes to become better educated about owning a home and the financial obligations that go along with it. It reminded me of when I obtained financial aid for college and before the government would even give a check, you had to go through a class to learn about how to be financially responsible.
To learn more about the myths of Habitat for Humanity, I visited their page at http://hfhi.org/how/myths.aspx I had believed some of the myths to be true until I attended the event yesterday. I never would have known the Habitat house was a Habitat house...it was cute and it fit right in with the surrounding community.
I had to write this blog because I learned something and I thought I would share my new knowledge with my fellow agents. We certainly don't know everything there is to know about housing but steps like these certainly do help.
I wish the owners of their new home the best of luck and I feel they are very prepared to venture out into the world of homeownership.
Heidi :)
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