Habitat for Humanity is calling on families-There’s good news for low-income Brampton families.

Habitat for Humanity is calling on families


There’s good news for low-income Brampton families.

Habitat for Humanity Brampton (HFH), a community-based, non-profit organization, is calling on Brampton families–struggling to make ends meet – to contact the organization to see if they qualify for a Habitat home.

The organization is planning to build some 36 homes within the next eight to 10 years with the construction of a single home starting this spring. The four-bedroom home to accommodate parents and up to five children is available for a deserving family that needs a hand up, said Thomas Fischer, executive director, Habitat for Humanity Brampton.

He said almost 11,000 households in Peel spend more than 70 per cent of their income on housing and an estimated 14,000 residents in Peel live in housing that is not affordable, over-crowded, substandard or a combination of the three. In fact, the wait to acquire subsidized rental housing in the Region of Peel is approximately 21 years, Fischer said.

Criteria to qualify include: Low-income families must go through an application process, have lived in Brampton for at least two years and should prove they’re unable to qualify for a traditional bank mortgage. Families will be selected on the basis of need, ability to pay a zero-interest mortgage and be willing to partner with Habitat Brampton.

Interested families should contact, Habitat for Humanity Brampton at 905-455-0883 ext. 231 or visit habitatbrampton.com.

Family Selection Orientation meetings—for potential Habitat families— will be held at the HFH Restore, 268 Rutherford Rd. S, Unit 3 on the following dates: Saturday, March 12 between 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday March 20, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday, March 24, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.