Abstract
Habitat for Humanity International (HfHI) is a nonprofit organization that engages volunteers and would-be homebuyers in programs that emphasize sweat-equity and self-help. Habitat is among the top-ten housing producers in the United States. In collaboration with the HfHI Department of Construction & Environmental Resources, Steven Winter Associates, Inc., (SWA) began working with the Habitat forHumanity of Greater Newburgh (HfHGN) affiliate in Newburgh, New York, in April 2003. Since October 1999, HfHGN has acquired and renovated abandoned houses for an average cost of $45,000 per home. The affiliate serves area families living in overcrowded, substandard housing and spending 50% to 80% of their income on housing. In August 2003, HfHGN began their first new construction project, sixrow houses located on Liberty Street in Newburgh.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 33 |
State | Published - 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, ConnecticutNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-550-37609
Keywords
- Building America
- CARB II
- cold-climate housing
- consortium for advanced residential buildings
- DOE
- Habitat for Humanity
- house renovation
- Liberty Street Row Houses