To qualify, a family must meet the following:
1) have a housing need. Examples: a leaky roof, no indoor plumbing, poor heating, exposed
electrical wires, over crowding, unsafe or unsatisfactory conditions.
2) have a steady income so that they can make their monthly mortgage payments. The family
income guidelines:
|
Number of people in family |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
Min. family income |
12,650 |
14,500
|
16,300 |
18,100 |
19,500 |
21,100 |
22,450 |
|
Max family income
|
25,300 |
29,000 |
32,000 |
36,200 |
39,100 |
42,000 |
44,900 |
(If your family size is more than 7 people, please call the Habitat office for income limits).
3) be willing to “partner” with Habitat by completing 300 hours of sweat equity for a single
parent family or 600 hours for a two parent family. Children over the age of 18 are expected to
complete 200 sweat equity hours. This would be in addition to the above mentioned family
hours.
4) be a resident of Berkeley County for a period of at least twelve months or work in Berkeley
County for the last two years.
Check our web site regularly to learn when the application period will open. At that time we will post information on the application and selection process
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Page last updated 01/23/2010