Facts about Habitat for Humanity

•    Mount Washington Valley Habitat for Humanity is a state chartered non-profit organization - a 501C(3) IRS tax deductible organization, and is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.
•    Habitat for Humanity houses are built with volunteer labor, and to the extent possible, with donated materials. Design is kept simple but adequate.
•    Habitat for Humanity is an organization based on Christian principles to help those who can help themselves. It offers a hand-up, not a hand-out. Each HH homeowner is expected to provide hundreds of hours of sweat equity, a small down-payment, and to become a mortgage holder and to be a full tax-paying property owner.
•    In a survey of donors, Habitat for Humanity received an approval ratio of between 8 and 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10). The next closest organization was the Red Cross with a score of 7.
•    Habitat for Humanity is not a give-away program -- it helps people help themselves. Houses are built with volunteer labor, and to the extent possible, with donated materials. Habitat for Humanity homeowners become regular tax-paying citizens.
•    A gift to the local Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity is also a gift to the
  Habitat for Humanity International. The local Affiliates "tithe" to Habitat International, thus helping unfortunate people the world over to acquire affordable housing.
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