HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PENINSULA AND GREATER WILLIAMSBURG

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PENINSULA & GREATER WILLIAMSBURG, INC. WAS FOUNDED IN OCTOBER 1985 AS A NONPROFIT, ECUMENICAL HOUSING MINISTRY AFFILIATED WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL, INC., TO SEEK TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS FROM THE WORLD,AND TO MAKE DECENT SHELTER A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE AND ACTION. THROUGH VOLUNTEER LABOR AND DONATIONS OF MONEY AND MATERIALS, HABITAT BUILDS SIMPLE, DECENT HOUSES WITH THE HELP OF LOW-INCOME HOMEOWNER FAMILIES. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PENINSULA & GREATER WILLIAMSBURG FOCUSES ITS EFFORTS IN NEWPORT NEWS, HAMPTON, WILLIAMSBURG, JAMES CITY COUNTY, YORK COUNTY, NEW KENT AND CHARLES CITY AREAS OF VIRGINIA. THE HOUSES BUILT BY HABITAT AND ITS VOLUNTEERS ARE SOLD TO PARTNER FAMILIES AT NO PROFIT, FINANCED WITH AFFORDABLE,NO INTEREST LOANS. THE HOMEOWNERS' MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENTS GO TO FUND MORE HOUSES AND THE OPERATIONS OF HABITAT. IN ADDITION TO THE MONTHLY MORTGAGE PAYMENT, EACH HOMEOWNER FAMILY INVESTS HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF THEIR OWN LABOR INTO TH