On Monday, August 10, 2009, 6 Deaconess staff and management volunteered to help with building projects at the Housing Hope self-help building site (Crest at Copper Station) in Stanwood, WA.
Deaconess Vice-President of Programs, Chanelle Carlin and Case Managers, Marie Preftes-Arenz, Kristine Siebens, Jami Voigt, Nate Perrault, and Sandy Neumann worked closely with homeowners and the Building Supervisor on the site, helping to drill, hammer, sweep and whatever else was asked. Obviously, when it comes to volunteering, no job is too big or too small.
Self Help Homeownership is a Housing Hope program in the rural areas of Snohomish County available to lower income families. The program is funded by the United State Department of Agriculture Rural Development, a federal government agency. The program exchanges the "sweat equity" of owner-builders for subsidized loans with no down payment.
A group of builder-owners work together until their small community of homes are completed. Loans are structured so Self Help homeowners are able to build equity in their homes just like any other homeowner.
Owner-builders have constructed 193 homes in 24 Self Help communities throughout rural Snohomish County. Other groups are building their homes now with additional groups forming. Housing Hope is also actively securing sites for more Self Help projects.
For more information on self-help homeownership, please see the Housing Hope website at http://www.housinghope.org/.
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