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Liverpool Habitat for Humanity has generously
been given 2.2 acres of land on Kingsley Road by the Roman
Catholic Church and will be building 32 homes with partner
families and volunteers over the next 5 years.
HFH has a comprehensive procedure for selecting families. There
are three main criteria for qualification: to have a housing
need and already llive within the Liverpool City area (that
is pay Council Tax to Liverpool City Council); to be willing
to partner with LHFH to put 500 hours of "sweat equity"
into building on the project and to have an income between
£10 - £20k. Applicants who live, work or have
a strong connection with the Liverpool 8 postcode area will
be preferred.

The
architects for the Kingsley Road development are Ainsley Gommon
Architects www.ainsleygommonarchitects.co.uk
The design and the construction needed to be as simple as
possible, so that our houses could be built by unskilled future
homeowners helped by volunteers, and this provided a particular
design challenge. For further information regarding the design
click here. All Ainsley Gommon Birkenhead
office staff have volunteered to help on site
and have been involved in various aspects of the build.

CHARITY MAKES
OWNERSHIP DREAM A REALITY
January 2008 saw
LHFH's very first homeowner Charanjeet Birdie move into
her new home. Charanjeet & her son Tom age 8 where given
the keys to the property on 16th January 08.
Charanjeet said: Habitat for Humanity is a great idea.
There's a great community feel and a wide mix of people
who have their own reasons for being involved. It's a
good feeling to be part of that. There's no way I could
have afforded the cost associated with buying a
property, so this has helped me a lot, but the physical
work involved means it's not for the faint hearted. The
thing I've enjoyed most is that this house is already
full of so much love. On our first night I had a hot
bath & got a pizza and DVD with Tom, it was really cosy.
I'd like to thank everyone for all their hard work" Our
second homeowner Michael Embaye is shortly expected to
move in, in a matter of days following the completion of
legalities. He is highly excited at the prospect of
owning his own home.
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