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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 377444" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>I think if I can recall correctly, that the Lake City, Ga. family chosen for this "Extreme Makeover" had some disabled children or something like that. While it is great that Beazer Homes and ABC tried to help them, I think they went overboard in what they did. The amount of money put into this one house could have easily built a dozen new homes using Habitat For Humanity. I have helped build a couple of Habitat Homes. It is a faith based charity that screens the applicants better. The last one I helped on, the new homeowner worked next to me framing her new house. </p><p></p><p>She was a school janitor who had a disabled husband and a disabled child. They had previously lived in a basement apartment and she worked two jobs. Habitat had a house lot and most of the building materials donated. When we got to the job site that Saturday, the slab and basement walls were already up. We had about eighty people show up to frame this three bedroom/two bath house in one day. We had a builder and about a dozen professional carpenters there to make sure it was done right. I nailed the first and last boards on that house that day. </p><p></p><p>The new homeowner wound up in her new home with special financing. I think her mortgage payment is about two hundred bucks a month. She also had to promise to help Habitat help build the next home for somebody else. Its a great program, if you have one going up near you, I would encourage you to go help. It doesn't matter if you know about construction, they will train you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 377444, member: 1674"] I think if I can recall correctly, that the Lake City, Ga. family chosen for this "Extreme Makeover" had some disabled children or something like that. While it is great that Beazer Homes and ABC tried to help them, I think they went overboard in what they did. The amount of money put into this one house could have easily built a dozen new homes using Habitat For Humanity. I have helped build a couple of Habitat Homes. It is a faith based charity that screens the applicants better. The last one I helped on, the new homeowner worked next to me framing her new house. She was a school janitor who had a disabled husband and a disabled child. They had previously lived in a basement apartment and she worked two jobs. Habitat had a house lot and most of the building materials donated. When we got to the job site that Saturday, the slab and basement walls were already up. We had about eighty people show up to frame this three bedroom/two bath house in one day. We had a builder and about a dozen professional carpenters there to make sure it was done right. I nailed the first and last boards on that house that day. The new homeowner wound up in her new home with special financing. I think her mortgage payment is about two hundred bucks a month. She also had to promise to help Habitat help build the next home for somebody else. Its a great program, if you have one going up near you, I would encourage you to go help. It doesn't matter if you know about construction, they will train you. [/QUOTE]
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