Habitat for Humanity and Affordable Housing in America
Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that provides affordable housing for the underprivileged around the world, and offers aid to the areas that have been affected by disaster. Habitat for Humanity offers the opportunity of affordable homeownership, to those who otherwise would most likely never own a home. Safe and livable housing is becoming less and less affordable in America as decent houses are often built in newer areas (Why Habitat for Humanity is needed, 2014), leaving those who cannot afford to live in said neighborhoods to live in poorer neighborhoods that often extremely unsafe because of the exceedingly high crime rate. The stress placed on low income families …show more content…
Before Habitat for Humanity was a massive organization that helped to provide affordable housing to over four million people it was just an idea created at a tiny, interracial, Christian community called Koinonia Farm located just outside of Americus, Georgia (The history of Habitat, 2014). This idea was called “partnership housing” the basis of this idea is that those who are in need of housing work side by side with others to build simplistic yet adequate housing (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014). The Fuller’s took the concept and the newly formed fund for humanity, and moved to Africa for three years, building partnership houses while there, once they returned in 1976 they founded Habitat for Humanity stationing the headquarters in Americus, Georgia (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014).Over the next 38 years Habitat for Humanity grew rapidly, spreading outside of the borders of America, providing relief to areas affected by disasters by offering housing (2011–Present Timeline: Building Blocks, 2014), and building over 800,000 housing worldwide (The history of Habitat, 2014) ____________ of these houses were built in Roanoke, VA …show more content…
Unfortunately, Habitat for Humanity does not and cannot help everyone who is in need of a decent home. The requirements for consideration are understandable, Habitat for Humanity has their bottom line that needs to be met so that they can continue to build homes for people in need. One of their requirements is that the possible homeowners must be a citizen or resident of the country in which the home will be built (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house, 2014), which excludes a large portion of people who are illegal immigrants, a group of people who lack adequate housing on a regular basis. Another one of their requirements is that the potential homeowner must prove a steady income that falls with a certain range (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house, 2014), this excludes the people who have truly unstable living conditions, because if you on a regular basis do not have somewhere to live then you most likely do not work on a regular basis. Yet another one of the requirements for prospective homeowners is that they must have good credit (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house,
Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that provides affordable housing for the underprivileged around the world, and offers aid to the areas that have been affected by disaster. Habitat for Humanity offers the opportunity of affordable homeownership, to those who otherwise would most likely never own a home. Safe and livable housing is becoming less and less affordable in America as decent houses are often built in newer areas (Why Habitat for Humanity is needed, 2014), leaving those who cannot afford to live in said neighborhoods to live in poorer neighborhoods that often extremely unsafe because of the exceedingly high crime rate. The stress placed on low income families …show more content…
Before Habitat for Humanity was a massive organization that helped to provide affordable housing to over four million people it was just an idea created at a tiny, interracial, Christian community called Koinonia Farm located just outside of Americus, Georgia (The history of Habitat, 2014). This idea was called “partnership housing” the basis of this idea is that those who are in need of housing work side by side with others to build simplistic yet adequate housing (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014). The Fuller’s took the concept and the newly formed fund for humanity, and moved to Africa for three years, building partnership houses while there, once they returned in 1976 they founded Habitat for Humanity stationing the headquarters in Americus, Georgia (1965–1976 Timeline: Beginnings, 2014).Over the next 38 years Habitat for Humanity grew rapidly, spreading outside of the borders of America, providing relief to areas affected by disasters by offering housing (2011–Present Timeline: Building Blocks, 2014), and building over 800,000 housing worldwide (The history of Habitat, 2014) ____________ of these houses were built in Roanoke, VA …show more content…
Unfortunately, Habitat for Humanity does not and cannot help everyone who is in need of a decent home. The requirements for consideration are understandable, Habitat for Humanity has their bottom line that needs to be met so that they can continue to build homes for people in need. One of their requirements is that the possible homeowners must be a citizen or resident of the country in which the home will be built (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house, 2014), which excludes a large portion of people who are illegal immigrants, a group of people who lack adequate housing on a regular basis. Another one of their requirements is that the potential homeowner must prove a steady income that falls with a certain range (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house, 2014), this excludes the people who have truly unstable living conditions, because if you on a regular basis do not have somewhere to live then you most likely do not work on a regular basis. Yet another one of the requirements for prospective homeowners is that they must have good credit (How to apply for a Habitat for Humanity house,