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Every night children in our communities go to bed in a home with mold, mildew or rotting floors, walls and roofs. Homes with rusting plumbing, drafty doors and windows. Every week hard working families make the choice to buy enough food, seek needed medical care, buy a pair of shoes or pay their rent. They are financially crippled by the disproportionate amount they have to pay just to keep a roof over their heads and what they earn each week. Often children go without basic needs and services and the struggle continues. Most of these children have never had a room of their own, and are often two to three or more to a bedroom. No place to quietly do their homework or peacefully let their child like curiosity wonder if there is something better out there for me.
For the past nineteen years Habitat for Humanity of Highlands County has worked diligently to build safe, decent, affordable housing a reality for over 130 families in Sebring, Avon Park and Lake Placid. These hard working families provide the much-needed services to our community. They are our hospital workers, our day care providers, our elder care professionals, government staff, and retail employees just to name a few. They often do not make enough to qualify for conventional mortgage financing or slightly too much for government subsidy programs. They toil in the shadows of our economy often under served and under appreciated until, of course they are no longer here. Through our ministry we have been able to break the vicious cycle of working class poverty, by enabling our families to successfully transition from renting to ownership. They are able to accumulate a little bit of wealth to send their children to college, be better prepared for that unforeseen medical emergency, have the necessary food on the table, and maybe even retire someday with a bit of dignity. They proudly pay their property taxes and participate in greater numbers in community activities.
Habitat for Humanity has a few unique opportunities, unsurpassed in our history, which would enable us to build over 300 homes in the next five years. With over 200 families and growing on our waiting list the time to start is now. With your support we can do this.
We have created this new website to enable you to keep track of our progress and learn more about our plans. You will meet our families and volunteers, and learn how to become one yourself. You will be able to donate, safely on-line and communicate with us on a wide variety of subjects.
We are hopeful you will join us in our mission in any way you can.
Thank you and God bless.
Neighborhood Stabilization Program Grant Opportunity
Habitat for Humanity proposes to apply for grant funding under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 in the amount of ten million dollars. Habitat proposes to apply by joining with the Highlands County Board of County Commissioners and forming a consortium. Habitat also proposes to partner with Chapman’s Construction Company, Inc., in this application.
To see a copy of the application and for an opportunity to comment on the same, please click the following lin:
The application posted will be updated from time to time. Opportunity for public comment will end on July 11, 2009.
Highlands County Habitat for Humanity, Inc. (“Habitat”) is providing this link in accordance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009. [Docket No. FR-5321-N-01].
