Habitat for Humanity Homes for Veterans in Southern Cal.

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Habitat for Humanity Homes for Veterans in Southern California

Are you a veteran making $45,000 a year or more and dream of owning your own house? Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys, the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate for North Los Angeles County, is building homes for veterans in collaboration with the California Department of Veteran Affairs (CalVet). Approximately 100 homes will be built as a 12-home community in Sylmar and 87-home community in Santa Clarita. These affordable homes are especially being built for low to very-low income veterans, their families and families of the fallen.

Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys is currently accepting applications. If you are a veteran earning $45,000 - $83,650 a year, call 818-884-8808 or go to www.HumanityCA.org to apply.

“We encourage any veterans interested in this great opportunity to own a home to contact Habitat for Humanity as soon as possible to apply for one of these homes currently under construction in Sylmar and for those to be constructed in Santa Clarita in a few months,” said Peter J. Gravett, CalVet Secretary. “Veterans should get their applications in as soon as possible so they can hopefully move into their new home within 18 to 24 months.”

This opportunity is wonderful for veterans earning $45,000 yearly or more and wishing to live in Sylmar for they will have a mortgage payment as low as $1,250 a month including mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and water. Veterans wishing to live in the Santa Clarita area, and who earn $52,000 annually or more may have a mortgage payment as low as $1,700 a month including mortgage, tax, HOA, insurance and water.

Habitat for Humanity SF/SCV will also be providing onsite social services they call “enrichment services” for these veterans. These services are provided within the neighborhoods under construction before and after move-in to assist veterans and their families learn finance skills, acquire PTSD counseling, health and dental screenings, peer-to-peer counseling, homework help for the children and more.