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Those who build a home through Habitat need to go through an extensive application process that includes meetings with a committee, an 18-page questionnaire and 40 hours of classes. In addition to a down payment and monthly mortgage payments based on 28% of a family’s gross income, homeowners are also required to put in 375 hours of sweat equity, stretched out over nine to 12 months, toward the building of their home.
Habitat has more than 30 employees and an annual budget of over $7 million but relies on a team of over 3,200 volunteers to assist homeowners and contractors with construction work. The organization also operates two Habitat ReStores at 4207 Monona Drive and 5906 Odana Road, and has done a market study for a third store in Sun Prairie.
These homes in Sun Prairie’s Vandenburg Heights neighborhood were completed in June and are among the 48 that have been constructed in the city over the past 21 years.
The 48 Habitat homes built in Sun Prairie since 2000 serve 119 children, 68 adults and have added $7.2 million to the city’s tax base.
“We’re real excited that we did the right things years ago by making sure we had enough land in our land bank and now we’re just raising money and getting the homes built,” Hanrahan said. “This is a little different. We’re the developer and we’ve had to deal with all of the infrastructure and the costs associated with that before we can start our building.”
Lots are marked for homes that will be built by Habitat for Humanity of Dane County in Sun Prairie.
For Town Hall Crossing, the 62 acres were purchased by Habitat from a bank for $700,000 in 2017. CUNA Mutual Group has also donated $250,000 to the effort, which includes bike paths, a nature park, wetlands and a location that is close to schools, grocery shopping and is a short drive to the Colonial Club senior center and the city’s historic downtown. Two of the streets in the development, Kamperschoer Drive and Kadow Lane, are named after former Habitat board chairs, George Kamperschoer and Jason Kadow.