Bend Area Habitat to Celebrate 100th Home Dedication Celebration

Several local businesses have contributed to the 100^th home including Bend Heating, Bend Painting, Building Solutions,  CertainTeed, Consolidated Supply, Deschutes Brewery, DOW, ECI, Jeld-Wen, Milgard, ProBuild, RockAll Drywall, Sterling Bank, Sunlight Solar, Sunset Plumbing, Top Notch Electric, Wells Fargo and Whirlpool.

On Friday, November 16,  Bend Area Habitat for Humanity will celebrate their 100^th Home milestone with a Home Dedication Celebration event at 2856 NE Spring Water Place in Bend at 11:30am. The 100^th Home will be sold to Amber Schmied and her daughter, Kassidie.

For more than 23 years, Bend Area Habitat has built and renovated 100 affordable homes serving low-income families in Bend and Crook Co. These homes have been sold to individuals and families with a 0% mortgage. By providing affordable housing to low-income families, families are realizing annual savings, on average, between $5,000-$6,000 which can be reinvested into the community; this totals between $645,000-$774,000.

Relative to the benefit and reinvestment in the community economically, the total property taxes paid by Habitat families since 1989 have eclipsed $1 million. Since Bend Area Habitat’s inception, assuming an average property value of $120,000, Habitat has added $15.5 million in assessed value of property. By providing affordable homes, Habitat is making a significant impact on individuals’ lives as well as benefitting this community.

Bend Area Habitat is thrilled to be able to celebrate their 100^th home built by this amazing community of volunteers, businesses, and individuals and, of course, each family purchasing a Habitat home.

Amber Schmied and her daughter, Kassidie, will purchase the 100^th Home from Bend Area Habitat. Amber says, “Being a part of this program means so much to me. Habitat has impacted every part of our life. Everything I have done from volunteering at the office to saving and budgeting has made me think about our future and our home. Habitat has given me the opportunity to provide a home for Kassidie and me that I didn’t think possible. Habitat has given me hope and I know we will have a sense of stability and security and I have the opportunity to use my skills to give back to the community at the same time.”

Bend Area Habitat for Humanity’s 100^th Home is part of a world-wide effort to eliminate sub-standard housing for families like Amber’s who deserve to live in decent and affordable housing. Since 1976, Habitat International has served more than 500,000 families world-wide.

100^th Home Dedication Celebration:

Date: November 16, 2012 

Begin: 11:30 a.m. – 100^th Home Ceremony

Cost: Free