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Bay Area 'Rko ® o Habitat for Humanity' Houston City of LaPorte 604 W. Fairmont Pkwy LaPorte, TX 77571 Dear Ron Bottoms, Now More Vim Ever Help Build It! Bay Area Habitat For Humanity -Houston, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) housing ministry that builds safe, decent homes in partnership with families carving less than 60% of the area medium income. We are an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International which builds in over 100 countries. We follow a nondiscriminatory process of selecting families based on need, willingness to partner and the ability to repay the loan. Families must invest at least 300 hours of "sweat equity" into building Habitat homes before buying their home. Homes are built with volunteer labor and are sold as cost with a twenty year no -interest mortgage. Homes cost about $70,000 and appraise for around $90,000. Volunteers provide labor, funding and in-kind donations and homeowner mortgages help fund additional homes. As we look to expand our ministry and change the lives of many more needy families, Bay Area Habitat for Humanity -Houston respectfully requests the support of the City of LaPorte. We are requesting four building sites on North 7"i Street. Our program provides families with affordable housing and helps increase wealth by asset building through homeownership. Your assistance will increase the number of families we can serve and extend the social and economic benefits our organization provides in LaPorte. Should you have any questions concerning our mission and organization, please do not hesitate to call me at the office # 281 337 3590 or nainsworth@ubahth.org. Thank you for considering our application to support our mission to eliminate poverty housing, Iartn r hi _, lie a fan-Aijrt Executive Director P.O. Box 1284, Dickinson, TX 77539 Phone: (281) 337-3590 fax: 281-337-3590 (tali first) %vtv<v.bahih.org