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Springfield Area Habitat for Humanity seeks applications
May 22, 2015
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The Greater Springfield Area Habitat for Humanity (GSVAHFH) is accepting applications for this three-bedroom, one-bath ranch at 41 Olive St., in Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD — The Greater Springfield Area Habitat for Humanity (GSVAHFH) is accepting applications for a three-bedroom, one-bath ranch, with a full dry basement, FHA propane furnace, vinyl siding and new roof. The home can be seen at 41 Olive St., in Springfield.
To qualify, applicants must show a very specific need for decent affordable housing, have a family income of no more than 60 percent of HUD’s median income and no less than 45 percent according to the size of the family. For example, monthly income limits for a family of four is currently $2,583 to $3,444. The family also must meet the financial requirements of Habitat home ownership.
Shelter is a basic human need. Habitat for Humanity provides safe, decent, affordable homes to families who are unable to obtain conventional home financing. Houses are built at no profit and interest is not charged on the mortgage. A typical family might make a 1 percent down payment and contribute 250 to 500 hours of "sweat equity" on the construction of a Habitat house or renovation of an existing Habitat house. The applicant must be a family willing to work in partnership with Habitat in a variety of ways. Only one qualified family will be selected.
After the home is ready for occupancy, the family will assume an interest-free mortgage of approximately $70,000, with payments spread over 20 to 30 years.
To learn more about the application process or to request an application or need help completing the application call (802) 885-5552 or send an e-mail to grtvt@comcast.net.
Who in their right mind would invest in Springfield?? My worst mistake, I'm selling and moving to a town that hasn't been tainted yet. This town is tail spinning to mud.
ReplyDeleteUntil the select board , mayor, Springfield on the move, and the citizens decide to get off their bums and come up with a plan for the future then it just get worse.
ReplyDelete6:31 PM.....When did Springfield replace their town manager form of government with a mayor?
DeleteHabitat for Humanity is a flawed ideal. Not everyone can afford a house. Without sufficient income, the house will fall into disrepair. The yard will become a junk strewn, overgrown eyesore. Unpaid taxes will be owed. etc., etc. Unwittingly the do-gooders championing the cause will have placed a mill stone around the neck of home owners that will financially devastate them long term. As a bonus, the dilapidated property just adds to Springfield's ambiance.
ReplyDeleteA far better solution is encouraging the jackwads at SRDC and Selectboard to actively recruit new business in Springfield such that potential home owners could gain meaningful employment and join the middle class.
You can live someplace where you expect to be entertained and served by all the systems in place, but the downside is when one or more of those systems fail, your satisfaction nosedives.
ReplyDeleteOr you can choose to live someplace where you expect to contribute to the way things are. A guy from San Francisco just bought the Odd Fellows building for $20,000. If he is the sort who'd like to contribute to the town, he'd develop it (the Exner Block in Bellows Falls is an example). Springfield is going to be a gold mine for people who like to make silk purses out of sow's ears.
And Habitat for Humanity could be a terrific magnet for getting the next would-be entrepreneur (think: James Hartness) to come to town.