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• Volunteers provide this service at no cost to low-income homeowners. We will have over 100 homes that need teams of volunteers to provide work this summer. • Homeowners along with all able-bodied residents work side by side with volunteers. • Our target neighborhoods for 2002 will include McKinley and Webber- Camden neighborhoods in North Minneapolis. In South Minneapolis, we will continue our work in the Midtown and West Phillips neighborhoods. In NE Minneapolis, we will continue working in the Logan Park and Bottineau neighborhoods and move into the Holland neighborhood. We will also continue our work in the Payne/Phalen neighborhood and move into the Aurora/St. Anthony neighborhood in St. Paul. • A Brush with Kindness builds long-term partnerships with neighborhoods and commits to for a period of 3-5 years and usually work on 50 to 100 homes in a particular neighborhood. • A Brush with Kindness is part of a collaborative effort of painting; repair and home building that has the potential to make dramatic improvements on neighborhoods that are in transition. Did you know...Twin Cities rents increased an average of 11.5%in the first three months of 2000 over the same period the year before, to an average of$742. Minneapolis had the highest percentage increase at 20.4%; St. TT Paul was second with a rise of 15.5%. • }, Becoming a Habitat t. Homeowner Who are Habitat Home Owners? Since Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1985, nearly 400 families have purchased Habitat homes throughout Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding suburbs. These families earn monthly gross incomes of approximately $1,300 to $3,000, preventing them from obtaining traditional mortgages and greatly lessening their chances of buying a home. Every family who buys a home from Twin Cities Habitat invests 300-500 hours of "sweat equity," helping to build their own house and/or other Habitat homes. Twin Cities Habitat then sells them a home at an affordable price using zero interest mortgages. Monthly mortgage payments are typically between $450 and $550 and do not exceed 30% of the family's income. How Do I Become a Habitat Home Owner? Candidates for Habitat home ownership must be able to answer "yes" to all of the following: • The place where I currently live is overcrowded • The place where I currently live is run-down • The place where I currently live is too expensive • • The place where I currently live is temporary • I have lived in the Twin Cities area for at least 1 year