About Us
Palouse HfH is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.
- Through volunteer labor, and donations of money and materials locally, Habitat volunteers build simple, decent, energy efficient houses along with the homeowner (partner) families.
- Habitat is not a giveaway program. Partner families must meet income qualifying guidelines of 30-60% of the county median income, along with and urgent need for safer and more adequate housing.
- In addition to paying closing costs and the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor - sweat equity - into building thie houses and those of others.
- On completion of construction, the partner family buys its house at cost, with a 0% interest mortgage held by Palouse HfH. The mortgage payments help build the next house.
Mission Statement
2010 Palouse Habitat Board Members
Brent Bradberry, President
Leonard Johnson, Vice President
Bob Ritter, Secretary
Andrea Beckett, Treasurer
Jim Boudreau
Peg Gunderson
Sue Ritter
Harold Wilkinson
Committees
Family Selection: Advertises for potential habitat family partner applicants, reviews applications, interview the applicants in the running, and help make selection recommendations to the Board.
Site Selection: Works to find suitable building sites available for purchase or donation.
Building: Develop house plan with partner family, participates in the actual work and planning needed at the house build, and works with the project site manager.
Family Support: Works with the selected partner family during the home build by mentoring and developing relationships, conducts orientation sessions for the new partner, guides the process of home building and helps the partner family maintain sweat equity hours records, and provides support for partner family mortgage holders.
Development: Plans fundraising activities that include publications and media awareness and helps executive director with grants and other fundraising activities.
Church Relations: Works as a liaison with local churches and encourages local churches to put their faith into action.
Palouse HfH News
11th PHFH Partner Selected:
Palouse Habitat is pleased to announce that Sarah Keller and her two young sons have been selected as the partner family for our 11th home build. That home will be in Uniontown, WA. Stay tuned for details!
Shout out to Volunteers!: We are always looking for good help, and we want to thank the following groups that have volunteered to help build the Mitzimberg house:
August: Whitman County Association of Realtors
September: WSU Interior Design
THANK YOU!
LCCF Grant Award:
The Latah County Community Foundation just awarded Palouse Habitat funds to purchase much needed office equipment, including a new computer, software and a fire-proof file cabinet. Many thanks for the support!!!