Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Affordable housing with Habitat for Humanity

[Dirk Herr-Hoyman (hoymand]

On Nov 24, 2005, at 6:40 AM, Mona Loofs Samorzewski wrote:

> G/day. For us non-Americans, would you be able to explain what  
> Habitat for Humanity is?
This is a non-profit organization that builds homes for those that  
would otherwise
not be able to afford them.  There is a lot of volunteer labor involved,
and the people that get these houses also have to provide "sweat  
equity".

See http://www.habitat.org for more details.  --Dirk