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Habitat for Humanity of Greater Jonesboro is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International,
a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity builds and renovates houses in partnership with
volunteers and families in need, regardless of their ethnic or religious background. The houses then are sold to those in
need at no profit and with no interest charged.
Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate
donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses. Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor
- 'sweat equity' - into building their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage payments go into a revolving
Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses.
Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI)
, based in Americus, Georgia, is an ecumenical Christian ministry dedicated to eliminating poverty housing. In 2005, Habitat
built its 200,000th house, and more than one million people are living in Habitat homes they helped build and are buying through
no-profit, zero-interest mortgages. Habitat is a worldwide, grass-roots movement with more than 2,100 affiliates in 100 countries,
including all 50 states of the United States. For information on international projects visit http://www.habitat.org.
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