Saturday-April 30th
25% off Entire Sales Floor Inventory!
Come on by and mix things up a little.
Last day of the Month Sale @ ReStore
April 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Sign Up Today for April 30 ‘Women Build’
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A few spaces are still available for our April 30 Women Build in Piru.
Don’t miss this opportunity to give back to your community…while you have a great time hammering nails with some awesome women. Reservations are required due to limited volunteer slots. Construction is not required.
- To reserve your space, email Kathleen O’Halloran at kathleeno@habitatventura.org
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- In the subject line, please include: name, phone number, and number of participants.
The Women Build program empowers women, enabling them to positively impact the lives of children by making home ownership a present reality for families. A Women Build is not about excluding men; it’s about including women.
About the Habitat for Humanity / Lowe’s Women Build Week. In the days leading up to Mother’s Day construction crews of female volunteers will raise their hammers at Habitat for Humanity construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, April 30 to May 8. The Mother’s Day timeframe was selected for its significance to many volunteers. Families with children make up a staggering number of those in need of adequate housing. More than 12 million children – one in six – live in poverty housing in the United States alone.
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build, underwritten by Lowe’s, recruits, educates and nurtures women to build – and advocate for – simple, decent and affordable house in their communities. Lowe’s is contributing more than $1.3 million to National Women Build Week and providing $5,000 Lowe’s gift cards and build materials to more than 250 Habitat affiliates.
Saturday Sink & Door Special at the ReStore April 23
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
25% off all Sinks and Doors! Saturday April 23, 2011 From 8am-4pm . We have quite a few to choose form come on in and take a look!!
Weekly ReStore Specials
April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Check out this week’s specials at picasa.com! You’ll find photos of a1960s Frigidaire Flair stove, a beautiful cherrywood dining table, grand dining cabinets, commercial-grade trunk, leather office chairs, double sink; Kohler faucet, plus six brand-new toilets.
Reserve Your Seat Today for Habitat’s May 18 Community Breakfast.
April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You’re invited to our 1st Annual Habitat for Humanity Community Breakfast
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast and Presentation (Registration begins at 7:30 am)
To reserve your seat, please complete and submit the registration form included below.
Where: Moorpark Country Club, 11800 Championship Drive, Moorpark, CA 93021
Keynote Speaker: Jeff Pope – Sr. Director, Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, Habitat for Humanity International – Atlanta, GA
Join Habitat as we celebrate our homeowners’ successes and share our vision to transform neighborhoods. Now more than ever, we need your support. Help Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County raise funds to provide hardworking and deserving low-income families with simple, decent, and affordable housing. (Habitat for Humanity offers a “hand-up” not a hand-out. Habitat houses are purchased at affordable prices, thanks to volunteer labor, the support of community organizations, donation of land, and Habitat’s no-profit, no-interest mortgages.)
Thanks to our many generous sponsors, the cost of the Community Breakfast has been completely underwritten… meaning every dollar you give to Habitat for Humanity of Ventura will help us build more homes – and renew others.
Major Sponsor
Farmers Insurance Group
Event Sponsor
Anderson Kill Wood & Bender
Table Sponsors
Montecito Bank & Trust
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
Friends of Habitat
Blois Construction
Guild Mortgage Company
McCarthy Companies
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Interested in becoming a Sponsor? A Table Captain? For more information, please contact Stacy Swanson at stacys@habitatventura.org or contact Kathleen O’Halloran at kathleeno@habitatventura.org or (805) 485-6065, x205.
Habitat Homeownership Orientation
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County is partnering with the City of Oxnard to build 2 four-bedroom homes at 271 & 281 Stroube Street in Oxnard.
If your family, or a family you know, is in need of decent, affordable housing, please attend one of the orientations listed below. All applicants and co-applicants must attend one orientation and arrive on time.
Monday, April 18, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Roger Jones Community Center – 2868 Jourdan St, Oxnard CA 93036
OR
Friday, April 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Roger Jones Community Center – 2868 Jourdan St, Oxnard CA 93036
Applicants are required to meet several requirements:
- Attend a Homeowner Orientation on time with all adults who will be living in the home
- Earn an annual income that falls within minimum and maximum limits, depending on household size (refer to the chart below)..
- Bring proof of income to the Homeowner Orientation (salary, Social Security, child support, disability payments)—copies of W2, pay stubs, official agency receipts.
- Be a legal resident of the U.S., and a resident of Ventura County for the last year
- Not have owned a home during the last three years.
- Be currently living in substandard housing—severe structural damage, bad plumbing, bad wiring, overcrowding, bad neighborhood, etc.
- Have the ability to make a down payment of $750 and a monthly mortgage payment of approximately $900 a month.
- Be willing to invest 250-500 hours of sweat-equity hours in building his/her home and others, attend Family Partner workshops, and cooperate with Habitat staff and volunteers.
The HUD median household income for Ventura County is $79,500. Applicants must be within 30% and 50% of Ventura County’s median income, as shown below:
| Family Size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Minimum Income 30% |
$18,400 | $21,000 | $23,650 | $26,250 | $28,350 | $30,450 | $32,550 | $34,650 |
| Maximum Income 50% | $30,650 | $35,000 | $39,400 | $43,750 | $47,250 | $50,750 | $54,250 | $57,750 |
Resale Restrictions: These restrictions provide rights to the city of Oxnard in regulating the sale and transfer of the subject property for a period of thirty (30) years from the date of the first sale of the affordable housing unit, including an option to purchase the property.
Habitat for Humanity is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there is no barrier to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
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Les invitamos a aprender como las familias de ingresos bajos pueden poseer un hogar
El solicitante y co-solicitante deben asistir una orientación a punto para aplicar
18 abril a las 6:30 de la tarde
o
22 abril a las 6:30 de la tarde
Lugar: Roger Jones Community Center/2868 Jourdan St./Oxnard
Habitat está asociando con la ciudad de Oxnard para construir dos casas a
271 y 281 Stroube St., Oxnard. Las casas son de un piso con 4 recámaras.
Debe ser un residente legal de los EEUU y residente del condado de Ventura por el año pasado.
El ingreso mediano de HUD para el condado de Ventura es $79,500. La familia debe estar entre 30-50% como abajo:
| Miembros de familia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Mínimo ingreso 30% | $18,400 | $21,000 | $23,650 | $26,250 | $28,350 | $30,450 | $32,550 | $34,650 |
| Máximo ingreso 50% | $30,650 | $35,000 | $39,400 | $43,750 | $47,250 | $50,750 | $54,250 | $57,750 |
Calificaciónes generales:
El comprador eligible debe:
- Asistir una orientación a punto con todos los adultos que van a vivir en la casa
- No tener interes financial en una casa hacia tres años
- Ser un residente legal de los EEUU.
- Estar viviendo actuamente en una vivienda inferior de la norma—daños estructurales, mala ploméria, mala instalación de alambres, tantos habitantes, etc.
- Ser capaz de pagar un desembolso iniciál de $750, y una hipoteca de $900 mensual
- Tener la disposición de asociarse con Habitat—250-500 horas de trabajo, asistir clases de
- Compañeros de las Familias, cooperar con los empleados y voluntarios de Habitat
- Traer los documentos—copias de W2, cuenta de ingreso final anual o recetas de agencias oficiales.
Restricciónes de reventa: Estas restricciónes proporcionan los derechos a la ciudad de Oxnard, la Agencia de Desarollo de la Comunidad de Oxnard a regular la venta y la transferencia de la propiedad sujeta por un período de treinta (30) años de la fecha de la primera venta de la vivienda económica, inclusive una opción de comprar la propiedad.
Somos prometidos letra y espíritu de la política de EEUU para el logro de la oportunidad igual de vivienda a través de la nación. Nosotros alenta y sostiene una programa afirmativa commercial y de publicidad en que no hay barrera a obtener vivienda a causa de la carrera, el color, la religión, el sexo, la desventaja, la posición familial, ni el origen nacional.
Habitat Homeownership Orientation – April 18 & 22
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County is partnering with the City of Oxnard to build 2 four-bedroom homes at 271 & 281 Stroube Street in Oxnard.
If your family, or a family you know, is in need of decent, affordable housing, please attend one of the orientations listed below. All applicants and co-applicants must attend one orientation and arrive on time.
Monday, April 18, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Roger Jones Community Center – 2868 Jourdan St, Oxnard CA 93036
OR
Friday, April 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Roger Jones Community Center – 2868 Jourdan St, Oxnard CA 93036
Applicants are required to meet several requirements:
- Attend a Homeowner Orientation on time with all adults who will be living in the home
- Earn an annual income that falls within minimum and maximum limits, depending on household size (refer to the chart below)..
- Bring proof of income to the Homeowner Orientation (salary, Social Security, child support, disability payments)—copies of W2, pay stubs, official agency receipts.
- Be a legal resident of the U.S., and a resident of Ventura County for the last year
- Not have owned a home during the last three years.
- Be currently living in substandard housing—severe structural damage, bad plumbing, bad wiring, overcrowding, bad neighborhood, etc.
- Have the ability to make a down payment of $750 and a monthly mortgage payment of approximately $900 a month.
- Be willing to invest 250-500 hours of sweat-equity hours in building his/her home and others, attend Family Partner workshops, and cooperate with Habitat staff and volunteers.
The HUD median household income for Ventura County is $79,500. Applicants must be within 30% and 50% of Ventura County’s median income, as shown below:
| Family Size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Minimum Income 30% |
$18,400 | $21,000 | $23,650 | $26,250 | $28,350 | $30,450 | $32,550 | $34,650 |
| Maximum Income 50% | $30,650 | $35,000 | $39,400 | $43,750 | $47,250 | $50,750 | $54,250 | $57,750 |
Resale Restrictions: These restrictions provide rights to the city of Oxnard in regulating the sale and transfer of the subject property for a period of thirty (30) years from the date of the first sale of the affordable housing unit, including an option to purchase the property.
Habitat for Humanity is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there is no barrier to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.
-
Les invitamos a aprender como las familias de ingresos bajos pueden poseer un hogar
El solicitante y co-solicitante deben asistir una orientación a punto para aplicar
18 abril a las 6:30 de la tarde
o
22 abril a las 6:30 de la tarde
Lugar: Roger Jones Community Center/2868 Jourdan St./Oxnard
Habitat está asociando con la ciudad de Oxnard para construir dos casas a
271 y 281 Stroube St., Oxnard. Las casas son de un piso con 4 recámaras.
Debe ser un residente legal de los EEUU y residente del condado de Ventura por el año pasado.
El ingreso mediano de HUD para el condado de Ventura es $79,500. La familia debe estar entre 30-50% como abajo:
| Miembros de familia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Mínimo ingreso 30% | $18,400 | $21,000 | $23,650 | $26,250 | $28,350 | $30,450 | $32,550 | $34,650 |
| Máximo ingreso 50% | $30,650 | $35,000 | $39,400 | $43,750 | $47,250 | $50,750 | $54,250 | $57,750 |
Calificaciónes generales:
El comprador eligible debe:
- Asistir una orientación a punto con todos los adultos que van a vivir en la casa
- No tener interes financial en una casa hacia tres años
- Ser un residente legal de los EEUU.
- Estar viviendo actuamente en una vivienda inferior de la norma—daños estructurales, mala ploméria, mala instalación de alambres, tantos habitantes, etc.
- Ser capaz de pagar un desembolso iniciál de $750, y una hipoteca de $900 mensual
- Tener la disposición de asociarse con Habitat—250-500 horas de trabajo, asistir clases de
- Compañeros de las Familias, cooperar con los empleados y voluntarios de Habitat
- Traer los documentos—copias de W2, cuenta de ingreso final anual o recetas de agencias oficiales.
Restricciónes de reventa: Estas restricciónes proporcionan los derechos a la ciudad de Oxnard, la Agencia de Desarollo de la Comunidad de Oxnard a regular la venta y la transferencia de la propiedad sujeta por un período de treinta (30) años de la fecha de la primera venta de la vivienda económica, inclusive una opción de comprar la propiedad.
Somos prometidos letra y espíritu de la política de EEUU para el logro de la oportunidad igual de vivienda a través de la nación. Nosotros alenta y sostiene una programa afirmativa commercial y de publicidad en que no hay barrera a obtener vivienda a causa de la carrera, el color, la religión, el sexo, la desventaja, la posición familial, ni el origen nacional.
Annual Women Build April 30
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the days leading up to Mother’s Day construction crews of female volunteers will raise their hammers at Habitat for Humanity construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, April 30 through May 8. The Mother’s Day timeframe was selected for its significance to many volunteers. Families with children make up a staggering number of those in need of adequate housing. More than 12 million children – one in six – live in poverty housing in the United States alone.
National Women Build Week challenges women to devote at least one day to help eliminate poverty housing.
The Women Build program empowers women, enabling them to positively impact the lives of children by making home ownership a present reality for families. A Women Build is not about excluding men; it’s about including women.
On April 30, Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County will host its annual Women Build in Piru
To volunteer or donate to the Women Build, please call 805-485-6065 or email stacys@habitatventura.org. Construction or home improvement experience is not required. Reservations are required due to limited volunteers slots.
Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build, underwritten by Lowe’s, recruits, educates and nurtures women to build – and advocate for – simple, decent and affordable house in their communities. Poverty housing is a severe threat to children’s health, growth and potential. Lowe’s is contributing more than $1.3 million to National Women Build Week and providing $5,000 Lowe’s gift cards and build materials to more than 250 Habitat affiliates.
St. Max Dinner & Auction Raises $87,000!
April 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The outstanding accomplishments of St. Maximilian Kolbe’s “Habitat to the Max” ministry is a testimony to the power of faith communities … working together to help deserving families in Ventura County realize their dreams and help reverse the cycle of poverty.
The 7th Annual “Habitat to the Max” Dinner & Auction, held on March 26th, raised $87,000 — and counting — for House #5!!
A heartfelt thank you to all who attended the dinner, bid on auction items or purchased raffled tickets, to local businesses and individuals who donated to the live and silent auctions, and to the volunteers who contributed hundreds of hours of their time. Very special thanks to top donors Bill and Joan Larson (Top Fundraiser 2010), Joann & Stan Benson, William & Terry Schmidt Charitable Foundation, George Pond/State Farm Insurance, and the Leonis Family Foundation; and to our very generous in-kind donors Lou & Sas Acosta, Kenny Lee/Merlin’s Kitchen, Susan & Roger Pigozzi, and Stonefire Grill.
Revenue raised from all fundraising events supports Habitat for Humanity’s mission to eliminate substandard housing and reverse the cycle of poverty in Ventura County.
House sponsorships are now available for new home builds in Oxnard and Santa Paula, and for our new “Preserve A Home” program. Please send an email to stacys@habitatventura.org for more information about sponsorship opportunities and funding levels.
Colorado students build homes during spring break
April 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Thirty students from Westminster High School in Colorado recently volunteered with Habitat for Humanity of Ventura County during their spring break. The youth volunteers are participants of Collegiate Challenge, Habitat for Humanity’s year-round alternative break program.
During their week here, the Westminster students helped build two houses in Piru with Habitat for Humanity of
Ventura County staff and volunteers. “We were excited to host these students during their spring break,” said Stacy Swanson, Executive Director. “Their work will help two very deserving low-income families in need obtain safe, decent, and affordable homes, which should leave them with a very memorable spring break experience.”
From February to April, Collegiate Challenge participants from across the country volunteer in more than 200 Habitat locations. In the past 21 years of the program, more than 168,000 Collegiate Challenge participants have volunteered with Habitat during their school breaks.
For more information about the Collegiate Challenge, visit www.habitat.org.
