Bend Area Habitat to celebrate 100th home
On Friday, November 16, Bend Area Habitat for Humanity will celebrate their 100 th Home milestone with a Home Dedication Celebration event at 2856 NE Spring Water Place in Bend at 11:30 a.m. The 100 th Home will be sold to Amber Schmied and her daughter, Kassidie.
For more than 23 years, Bend Area Habitat has built and renovated 100 affordable homes serving low-income families in Bend and Crook Co. These homes have been sold to individuals and families with a 0% mortgage.
By providing affordable housing to low-income families, families are realizing annual savings, on average, between $5,000-$6,000 which can be reinvested into the community; this totals between $645,000-$774,000.
Relative to the benefit and reinvestment in the community economically, the total property taxes paid by Habitat families since 1989 have eclipsed $1 million.
Since Bend Area Habitat’s inception, assuming an average property value of $120,000, Habitat has added $15.5 million in assessed value of property. By providing affordable homes, Habitat is making a significant impact on individuals’ lives as well as benefiting the community.
Bend Area Habitat is thrilled to be able to celebrate their 100 th home built by this amazing community of volunteers, businesses, and individuals and, of course, each family purchasing a Habitat home.
Amber Schmied and her daughter, Kassidie, will purchase the 100 th Home from Bend Area Habitat. Amber says, “Being a part of this program means so much to me. Habitat has impacted every part of our life. Everything I have done from volunteering at the office to saving and budgeting has made me think about our future and our home. Habitat has given me the opportunity to provide a home for Kassidie and me that I didn’t think possible. Habitat has given me hope and I know we will have a sense of stability and security and I have the opportunity to use my skills to give back to the community at the same time.”
Bend Area Habitat for Humanity’s 100 th Home is part of a world-wide effort to eliminate sub-standard housing for families like Amber’s who deserve to live in decent and affordable housing. Since 1976, Habitat International has served more than 500,000 families world-wide.
100 th Home Dedication Celebration:
Date: November 16, 2012
Begin: 11:30 a.m. – 100 th Home Ceremony
Cost: Free
Sponsors include: Bend Heating, Bend Painting, Building Solutions, The Bulletin, CertainTeed, Combined Communications, Consolidated Supply, Deschutes Brewery, DOW, ECI, Jeld-Wen, Milgard, ProBuild, RockAll Drywall, Sterling Bank, Sunlight Solar, Sunset Plumbing, Top Notch Electric, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool, Whispering Winds
About Bend Habitat for Humanity
Bend Area Habitat for Humanity, with God’s guidance, works in partnership with the community and with families in need to build quality, affordable homes in Bend and Crook County. Bend Habitat also offers exterior home repair and weatherization services to low-income families. Bend Habitat has built 100 homes since 1989. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds simple, decent homes with the help of the future homeowners. Families are required to complete 400-600 hours of sweat equity (volunteer hours). Habitat homes are sold to families with a 0% mortgage through Habitat. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments are used to build more Habitat homes. For more information, visit bendhabitat.org.
