WHAT IS HABITAT? • Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, nondenominational Christian housing organization whose mission is to build safe, decent, affordable houses in partnership with those in need of adequate shelter. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY... • Invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with "families in need." • Build more than 250,000 houses around the world for more than 1 million people. • A Habitat home is completed every 24 minutes. • Founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller. • Jimmy & Rosalyn Carter are Habitat's most famous spokespersons. HOW DOES IT WORK? • Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses. • Habitat houses are sold to families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The monthly mortgage payments are used to build still more Habitat houses. • Habitat is not a giveaway program.  In addition to a down payment and the monthly mortgage payments, “families in need” invest hundreds of hours of their own labor — sweat equity — into building their Habitat house and the houses of others.  **CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE**