Today dozens of volunteers, including KIRO 7’s own anchors and reporters, took part in a Habitat for Humanity community building event on the Eastside.
The event is part of Women Build Week.
Volunteers are helping to build the Sammamish Cottages, a community of 10 modest-sized, two-story homes along 228th Avenue in Sammamish.
10 families will be able to move in by the end of June.
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“What we provide is affordable home opportunity which is rare in this part of the county,” said Brett D’Antonio, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County.
This brand-new construction is happening in one of the most expensive areas in western Washington.
According to Zillow, the median home value in Sammamish is around $911,000.
One of the volunteers in today’s project, Krystal Van Brunt, was a recipient of a Habitat for Humanity’s home in 2009.
“It's so expensive to live here,” said Van Brunt. “It doesn't always used to be that way but it's definitely now”.
Habitat for Humanity allows qualified homeowners to create a financing plan with a mortgage that won't exceed 30 percent of their income.
They also have to put in sweat equity pitching in on different volunteer projects building homes.
Van Brunt, a mother of three, said getting into an affordable home has helped her support her family and start her own business.
A bright future she also sees for others who will soon be the newest residents of this community.
“I don't think they have any idea how life-changing it's going to end up being in the long run,” said Van Brunt.
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