Mayor and other leaders helping on Eagan's first Habitat for Humanity home

More than 1,000 families have purchased Twin Cities Habitat homes across the metro. Soon, a family will buy the first Habitat home ever completed in Eagan. The home is on Easter Lane in Eagan. Thursday, October 10 is a Community Build Day on the home. Volunteers helping rehab the home that day will include Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire, State Representative Laurie Halvorson, Eagan City Councilmember Gary Hansen and Councilmember Paul Bakken.

This home went through foreclosure and Bank of America donated it to Habitat. It needs extensive repairs which are being completed by Habitat volunteers. A family has not been matched to this home yet. All Habitat homebuyer families are required to put in 300-500 hours of sweat equity, complete homeownership training courses on finances and maintenance and pay Habitat’s unique 0% mortgage. The mortgage payments from Habitat homebuyers make it possible for more homes to be built.

For more information visit: www.tchabitat.org.