Bend Area Habitat to Dedicate 101st Home to Collins Family

On Thursday, April 18,  Bend Area Habitat for Humanity will celebrate the completion of their 101st Home with a Home Dedication event for the Collins Family at 2847 NE Spring Water Place, in Bend. The Home Dedication will begin at 11:30am with a short ceremony followed by lunch and a tour of the home.

For more than 23 years, Bend Area Habitat has built and renovated 101 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 101st home built by this amazing community of volunteers, businesses, and individuals and, of course, each family purchasing a Habitat home.

Rick and Lynelle Collins and three of their children, Destinee, AJ and Maddi, will purchase the 101st Home from Bend Area Habitat. Lynelle says, “Being a part of this program means so much to us and Habitat has impacted every part of our life. Habitat and the people involved with Habitat have given us the opportunity to purchase a home for the first time for our family! Habitat has given us hope and we know we will have a sense of stability and security for years to come. This is a wonderful community and we know we want to give back even more now that we are firmly planted here.”

Bend Area Habitat for Humanity’s 101st Home is part of a world-wide effort to eliminate sub-standard housing for families like the Collins’ who deserve to live in decent and affordable housing. Since 1976, Habitat International has served more than 500,000 families world-wide.

101st Home Dedication Celebration:

Date: April 18, 2013 

Begin: 11:30 a.m. – 101st Home Ceremony

Cost: Free

Sponsors include: Bend Heating, Building Solutions, The Bulletin,  CertainTeed, Combined Communications, Consolidated Supply, Deschutes Brewery, DOW, ECI, Jeld-Wen, ProBuild, RockAll Drywall, Sterling Bank, Sunlight Solar, Sunset Plumbing, Top Notch Electric, Wells Fargo, Whirlpool

About Bend Habitat for Humanity

Bend Area Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to providing affordable homeownership, home repair and weatherization services to low income individuals and families in Bend and Crook  Bend Area Habitat also has ReStores in Bend and Prineville. ReStores are used and surplus building supply outlets, offering building materials, appliances and furniture at 50%-95% off retail prices. For more information, visit bendhabitat.org.