Alachua Habitat’s 13th House Announcement

Press Release
Written By Alachua Habitat for Humanity

Santa Fe College and Alachua Habitat for Humanity’s 13th House Hits the Road June 8th!

Gainesville, FL – For the 12th year, Alachua Habitat for Humanity has partnered with Santa Fe College to build a house at the Charles R. Perry Construction Institute with the help of students and apprentices. The house will be delivered to its destination site at 18446 NW 230th Drive, High Springs 32643 which was donated by the City of High Springs. The house is estimated to arrive at the site between 10:00 am – 10:30 am.

The house is built at the college in two sections by students and apprentices and offers them a unique, real-world experience that ultimately benefits the community. Each section is lifted up and loaded by crane onto a trailer, then slowly transported to the home site. At the site, a crane then lifts each of the sections off of the semi-trailer and sets them into place on the foundation built by Alachua Habitat. After the home is set, finishing touches will be added by the future homeowner, Habitat partners and volunteers.

“This home is part of a strong partnership with Santa Fe College, its apprenticeship programs, and Alachua Habitat,” said Alachua Habitat for Humanity’s Chief Outreach and Development Officer Stevie Doyle. “Students and apprentices are able to receive hands-on experience and directly contribute to building a home for a Habitat family.”

Alachua Habitat for Humanity builds homes for families who have a need for housing, have demonstrated the ability to pay a modest mortgage, and are willing to partner through sweat equity volunteering. These homes are not given away, rather homeowners take on the responsibility of paying a mortgage they can afford. Their sweat equity requirement consists of 250 hours working on their own home, working on the homes of others, and attending homeownership and financial literacy workshops.

For more information about this build, please contact Stevie Doyle.

Stevie Doyle, Chief Outreach and Development Officer

Habitat for Humanity
2610 NW 43rd St. Suite 2B, Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: (352) 371-5871
Email: sdoyle@alachuahabitat.org

Alachua Habitat for Humanity

Founded in 1986, Alachua Habitat for Humanity is the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. We envision a world where everyone has a decent place to live and we work towards that vision by bringing people together to build strength, stability, and independence through shelter. To accomplish these goals, we invite people of all backgrounds, races, and religions to build houses “Habitat Houses“ together in partnership with families in need of affordable housing. Habitat houses are sold to homeowner families financed with mortgages they can afford. For more information visit our About Page.

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