Habitat never gives homes away. When a family applies for one of our homes they must undergo an extensive application process. Our main requirement is that families earn between 40% and 80% of the median income in that county. Once approved the family begins to complete their 500 hours of sweat equity, our version of a downpayment. They complete this onsite, swinging hammers right next to the other volunteers.After the home is done, the keys are handed over in a dedication ceremony. The family then owns the house with a zero-interest mortgage and a payment plan setup specifically for their needs.
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Welcome to the official Habitat Greater San Francisco Facebook Community! Here are some simple guidelines to follow when joining the Habitat GSF Community:
You can join us by sharing your thoughts and photos of your volunteer experience, telling your story, and participating in ongoing conversations. We encourage people to add to the conversation by sharing accurate and relevant information, and request you to not share content that’s irrelevant, self-promotional, inaccurate, or any spam that doesn’t constructively contribute to the community. To foster the community experience, we ask that you interact with community members in a respectful manner without using profanity, threatening, or hateful speech. We reserve the right to delete posted content that is vulgar or offensive, considered SPAM, or not compliant with the Facebook Terms. In some cases, repeat offenders may be banned from the page. The Facebook Terms govern your use of this site and you should review those Terms carefully in connection with any posting you submit. Please keep in mind that from time to time, Habitat GSF or others who post on this page will link to third-party articles and websites as a way of sharing news and information with you. When you use these links, you will be moving to an environment with content that Habitat did not create and does not control. As a result, Habitat cannot take responsibility for the content on these third-party sites.
