Building Kindness
Building Kindness Home Repair Program
Operates year round, to provide affordable home repairs to low to middle income homeowners in partnership with the Habitat for Humanity local affiliate.
Building Kindness is not currently taking applications for home repairs
are we are swamped with requests.
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here to downloand the application.
Building Kindness is a partnership between Habitat for Humanity - Espanola
Valley Los Alamos (HFH EVLA) and Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
(BELC) to provide affordable home repairs to qualified homeowners in
Espanola Valley and Los Alamos. The partnership is extended to individuals
and families willing to partner with the program in order to improve
their housing conditions by performing affordable, needed home repairs.
The home repairs are conducted by volunteers under the direction of
a "straw boss" almost entirely on Saturdays.
Quick Facts
*Building
Kindness offers a "hands up" not a "hand out"
*Applicants must own the home they are seeking to have repairs done on.
*Applicants are low income residents for their respective areas
*Applicants will show the ability to repay Building Kindness for the cost of the materials used only. With a 0% interest
*Building Kindness will focus on needed repairs, repairs that impact safety and needs of home owners - partners.
Since the program started in August 2010, ten partners have received
needed home repairs conducted by a total of 35 volunteers over seven
Saturdays. The repairs have ranged from installation of ramps to provide
handicap-access to a home repair on a roof. A fairly new technology
of a low threshold access-step for handicap access to a tub/shower is
not only inexpensive, but also can be completed by a team of three volunteers
on a Saturday.
Those
interested in applying for home repairs should visit the HFH EVLA office
at 726 Riverside Drive, Espanola, NM or call the office at (505) 747-2690
and ask for David Canfield, the Building Kindness Coordinator. David
is generally available on Fridays to answer questions. We are always
looking for volunteers, we truly need you. If your church or group is
interested in volunteering with Building Kindness, call (505) 747-2690.
Habitat for Humanity Espanola Valley Los Alamos
726 Riverside Drive, Espanola, NM
office at (505) 747-2690
David Canfield, the Building Kindness Coordinator
