New Orleans Habitat for Humanity is one of the bright spots in the New Orleans’ landscape. It is a program to provide homes for low income, working families who invest 350 hours of their own labor to qualify for an interest-free, twenty-year mortgage on a well-built hurricane proof home of about 1,000 square feet. The Habitat program is based on volunteer labor, and in New Orleans this includes high school students, local residents, people from all over the country, businesses, sports teams, celebrities, and future Habitat homeowners. We have been impressed with the monetary donations that have come from individuals, churches, and corporations. There is also a small, dedicated, paid staff that supervises the building
Keith with Stephanie and Lee, high school volunteers from Marrero, which is just across the Mississippi from New Orleans.
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