THE RIGHT ANGLE MEN’S CLUB FEBRUARY
MEETING
The Right Angle Men's Club met on February
11, 2016 to enjoy comradery, a buffet lunch and to present Ms. Jennifer
Pash as our guest speaker.
The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance,
a 50/50 raffle and the introduction of our guest speaker by Bill Cooper. Ms. Pash
spoke about the world’s largest Habitat for Humanity Chapter located in Collier
County, Florida. Some of the key point from her presentation were:
1)
The Collier County Habitat chapter was
established in 1978 and is now 38 years since then. Over 1,850 families in Collier County
own Habitat homes and approximately 300 have already paid off their mortgages.
2)
Collier County was the second affiliate
in the U.S. after the initial affiliate was created in Georgia. Millard Fuller
founded Habitat, not Jimmy Carter who is arguably the most famous Habitat
volunteer.
3)
Eight communities are now completed
with Victoria Falls being the first Naples neighborhood.
4)
Faith Landing (in Immokalee) and Legacy
Lakes (in Naples) are the two communities where building is currently occurring.
5)
Attached villas were previously being
built, but now Habitat has returned to building single family homes. The prior
home was 1,069 sq. ft. and the new, single family house is roughly 1,200 sq.
ft.
6)
There are 15 families that apply for
each home that Habitat can build. Habitat in Collier County can enable about 6
families a month to own at this time. The average mortgage payment is $650/month and it is an
interest free loan with Habitat holding the mortgage.
7)
Potential new home owners must provide
500 hours of ‘sweat equity”, a $1,500
minimum down payment, live in Collier County for at least 1 year and
have no criminal record.
8)
The sale price of the attached villa
was $125K and the price of the new home model is $140K.
Ms. Pash answered questions from Right
Angle Members and provided additional insight into our local Habitat chapter
including how applicants are selected for homes and the funding process.
The meeting was adjourned at
approximately 1:30 with Paul L’Esperance providing a small token of
appreciation to Ms. Pash.
