Reply #46: Our local Habitat for Humanity's big problem... [View All]

...is finding neighborhoods to build our houses in. These are not shacks, they are nicely-designed, modestly-sized houses that may skimp on interior frills, but are at or above the level of comparable houses in the the neighborhood.

Everybody loves Habitat for Humanity (except the local real estate people) and thinks it does wonderful work and they say so at the city council meetings where they congregate to oppose turning a trash-strewn, weed-covered lot into a home for decent, hard-working people who put in hours of "sweat equity" to put a roof over their head.

I wish I could be more positive, but when virtually the only financial asset most people have is a mortgaged house, they become blind with fear about anything that might depreciate its value.