KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Habitat for Humanity provided a home to a mother of a special needs child on Monday. Construction on the home started in May. Less than six months later, it’s ready for Laura Flores and her son to move into.
Flores complete 350 sweat equity hours to qualify for the house. That’s 300 hours helping with the construction and another 50 hours in the classroom learning how to be a responsible homeowner.
“It takes some significant dollars to actually make this project go,” Tom Lally with Habitat for Humanity said. “And it takes thousands of volunteers to come out and really put in that sweat equity to build this house and improve this entire community.”
It’s important to note, the home isn’t free. Heartland Habitat for Humanity gave Laura a 30 year loan at zero percent interest. As long as Laura makes her payments on time, she’ll get to keep the zero percent interest rate.
