Habitat for Humanity plans ecologically green housing development

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Three charitable agencies are working together to figure out which will be located where on a parcel of city property they will be sharing in years to come.

Seven Hills Homeless Center, Sage House and Habitat for Humanity all have plans for sections of some 18 acres of city-owned land, which lies south of Huntsville Road between Morningside Drive and Erika Road.

The Fayetteville City Council this week approved the sale of about eight acres of that land to Habitat Humanity to build a low-impact, green housing development...

“ We can’t build on something we don’t own because we have to be able to sell it to the family, ” Brewer said. “ The family does buy it. People keep thinking that we build them and give them away. We don’t. They have a mortgage and pay taxes, just like everyone else who owns a home. ”

• Seven Hills Homeless Center’s transitional housing project is currently under construction. According to the Seven Hills Web site, there will be three apartments for families with children, 17 rooms for single individuals, and eight efficiency apartments for individuals with disabilities. Residents will live in four buildings totaling approximately 11, 600 square feet. The project is located on 3. 5 acres of land leased at no charge from the city of Fayetteville.

• Sage House’s board of directors plans a transitional-housing facility for single-parent families. They anticipate that the first phase will comprise a community building and a 16-unit apartment building, with hopes to eventually add a second apartment building for a total of 32 units. They have a 99-year lease with the city for about two acres and are under agreement with the city to break ground by 2009.

• Habitat for Humanity plans to create an ecological, hydrological model of a green, low-impact housing development for 20-30 families. They will purchase eight acres from the city, build homes with volunteer labor and sell the homes to families who meet certain criteria, including helping to build the house.

http://nwanews.com/nwat/News/46983/

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