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How Much Should You Save

Experts advise saving 3% of your home's purchase price each year for annual maintenance and repairs. This should cover the cost of light bulbs, furnace filters, annual servicing of your air conditioner and furnace, lawn mower maintenance, replacement weather stripping and caulking, replacement of dryer venting hose, toilet repairs, repair of plumbing leaks, storm damage repair, etc. Major expenses you should expect are listed in the chart on the right. Of course, these costs do not take into account the cost of inflation.
Habitat follows a very strict nondiscrimination policy regarding gender, family/marital status, sexual orientation, religion, skin color, ethnic background, country of origin, age and disability. We do not discriminate in hiring employees or in selecting homeowners.

Although we are a Christian organization, we do not seek to convert our volunteers or our homeowners. Around the world and within the U.S., we serve those in need, whoever they may be. We gratefully welcome help from all who want to join our fight to make simple, decent housing a matter of conscience.

Government Funding
SCHFH houses are funded in a number of ways. For some of the homes we build in Claton County, we receive funding assistance from the Clayton County Board of Commissioners, through a HOME Investment Partner Act [HOME] Program grant, provided to Clayton County by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD].

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