Habitat for Humanity and the Cost of Home

Alice Jacoby will speak to us about Habitat for Humanity.  She is Associate Director for Engagement at Orange County Habitat for Humanity.  Each local Habitat for Humanity partners with families to create better, healthier, and more financially stable lives. With their help, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability, and independence they need to build a better future for themselves and their families.

The national organization has begun a campaign to make housing affordable for all families.  “Habitat knows the complexities that surround the cost of home. We also know the struggle, stress and pain of far too many families in our communities.  And we know that those with the fewest resources are forced to make the hardest choices.  We have to take a stand and declare our commitment:  No family should have to pay more than half of their paycheck to cover the cost of home.”

“Over the next five years, we commit to mobilizing our local Habitat organizations, our partners, our volunteers and community members across the country to find the solutions and help create the policies that will allow 10 million individuals to meet their most basic needs.”