Habitat For Humanity

Our club welcomed Patricia Laurence and Nancy Bailey of Habitat for Humanity-Mississauga on November 4, 2011.  We heard that over 14,000 families in Peel Region are on the waiting list for affordable housing.  Habitat for Humanity families work for their homes, contributing 500 hours of 'sweat equity' and repay an interest-free loan with affordable monthly payments on a 30-year term.  Patricia and Nancy also spoke of the new Mississauga ReStore which will be opening in Feb 2012 -- it will sell new and gently-used construction items at 50%-70% lower than retail.  In 2010 alone, the ReStores in Canada diverted more than 20,600 tonnes of landfill and recycled over 2.1 million pounds of metal.