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Our Mission Statement
Under the guidance of God, Bayou Area Habitat's mission is to bring together the resources within the community- the businesses, volunteers, churches and the government-to provide decent, affordable housing in partnership with families in need in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes.
History
Bayou Area Habitat for Humanity is one of over 1,600 Habitat for Humanity affiliates. BAHFH is working in partnership with families in need in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes to improve the conditions in which they live.
Bayou Area Habitat was started in 1996 by a small group of people in Thibodaux who wanted to do something good for the community. Today, BAHFH is making a significant impact in our community by providing simple decent homes for over 100 families in our area as of December 2007.
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Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner/ partner families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are used to build more Habitat houses.
Throughout the world, the cost of houses varies from as little as $800 in some developing countries to an average of $60,000 in the United States. Habitat houses are affordable for low-income families because there is no profit included in the sale price and no interest charged on the mortgage. Mortgage length varies from seven to 30 years.
Since 1996, Bayou Area Habitat has built over 100 simple, decent and affordable homes for families in Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes. |
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