{"id":3548,"date":"2016-06-24T13:53:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=3548"},"modified":"2017-04-18T10:57:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T17:57:21","slug":"frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\" rel=\"\">\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>Are Habitat homes given away?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>No, homes are sold to qualified, deserving families who purchase it at an affordable mortgage. These moderate to low-income individuals and families are unable to obtain conventional home financing. Generally, this includes those whose income is 30-50 percent of the area\u2019s median income. For more information on <a href=\"https:\/\/bendhabitat.org\/homeownership\/\">Homeownership click here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>How is Habitat funded?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>Tillamook County Habitat receives funding through a variety of sources including: mortgage payments from Habitat for Humanity homeowners, individual donations, corporate contributions, gifts from faith communities, private and governmental grants, special events, and ReStore proceeds.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>Will having a Habitat home in a neighborhood reduce property values?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>Housing studies show affordable housing has no adverse effect on neighborhood property values. In fact, Habitat homes have proven to increase property values and local government tax income.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>Do only ethnic minorities and\/or Christians receive Habitat for Humanity homes?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>No, Habitat is an equal opportunity lender and builds homes in partnership with those in need regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, familial status, disability, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, source of income, or other characteristics protected by law. Prospective homeowners must meet three criteria: need, ability to repay the mortgage, and a willingness to partner with Habitat.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>Did former U.S. President Jimmy Carter found Habitat for Humanity?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>No, the late Millard Fuller and his wife Linda started Habitat in 1976 in Americus, GA. President Carter and his wife Rosalynn (whose home is eight miles from Americus, in Plains, GA), have been longtime Habitat supporters and volunteers who help bring national attention to the organization\u2019s home-building work. Each year they lead the Jimmy &amp; Rosalynn Carter Work Project to help build homes and raise awareness of the need for affordable housing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion-item\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title plain\"><button class=\"toggle\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\"><\/i><\/button><span>How can I help?<\/span><\/a><div class=\"accordion-inner\">\n<p>There are many ways to help advance the mission of Habitat for Humanity in here in Tillamook County.\u00a0 You can <a href=\"https:\/\/bendhabitat.org\/financial-donations\/\">donate<\/a> funding to help sponsor home construction. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/bendhabitat.org\/volunteer-forms\/\">volunteer<\/a> on a build site or in a ReStore or in an administrative capacity. You can donate to or <a href=\"https:\/\/restorebend.org\/\">shop <\/a>our <a href=\"https:\/\/restorebend.org\/\">ReStore.<\/a> You can encourage others to join the mission of Habitat for Humanity and dream, become a pray partner and work for a world where everyone has a decent place to live.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Frequently Asked Questions - Habitat For Humanity of Tillamook<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frequently Asked Questions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Habitat For Humanity of Tillamook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tillamook-Habitat-for-Humanity-140449149381235\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-18T17:57:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Tillamook-County-Habitat-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"142\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/\",\"name\":\"Habitat For Humanity of Tillamook\",\"description\":\"Building Hope, Houses, and Success\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tillamookhabitat.org\/frequently-asked-questions\/\",\"name\":\"Frequently Asked Questions - 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