Habitat For Humanity Commercial

[cincyblows]

The managers at the Habitat store in our town are mean and treat the employees like crap.

[DeepBlueCheesecake]

Hater.

[MandyPigtails]

Just look below the video here and click on flag. Flag it so it will be taken off. It's trash and a waste of space.

[SeisrushOb]

It's called parody, a protected form of freedom of speech. Welcome to America.

If you don't like it, don't build him a house.

[nosuchthingasauserna]

My family works= Not homeless. We don't drink, smoke, do drugs. We pay a mortgage our home isn't free. We worked for a year to build the homes of other Habitat families. We live with black mold, termites, and roaches. Some have had their homes burn down, some caught in Katrina. It isn't easy to be approved by Habitat. You need to have some money and be able to fix your credit.

[ripitout79]

nobody cares. get a life

[shirleysetme9]

The fact that this video hasn't been pulled is just ridiculous. This is offensive to anyone who is connected to Habitat's mission, including myself. We work VERY hard to break down the stereotypes of Habitat for Humanity and our families. This is mean and counterproductive.

[DallasHabitat]

This is Habitat for Humanity based in Dallas. I wanted to help you get your facts straight.

1) ALL of the families that Habitat builds houses with have jobs that meet a minimum of 25% AMI and a max of 60% AMI (Average Median Income), which in Dallas is at minimum $11,625 (for a single person) and a max of $52,700 (for a family of 8).

2) ALL families go though a one year process (if not longer) of taking classes, paying off any debts, fixing credit, and saving for the title fees.

[DallasHabitat]

3) ALL of our families, here and Dallas and around the world, pay for their houses! Habitat gets sponsors to pay for the materials to build the homes and then the families pay Habitat back for the home at zero interest. Since the homes are technically already paid for by the sponsors and built for free by the families and volunteers, the money that is paid to habitat by the families goes to building a new house for another family. It is a sustainable model.

[DallasHabitat]

4) Homeowners are required to stay in their homes and may not sell it for five years. This helps bring stabilization and revitalization to neighborhoods.

[DallasHabitat]

5) All of our families in Dallas have US citizenship or will attain their citizenship before moving into their homes. The homes they build are a personal investment and our families take great pride in keeping them up and help raise the presence of entire neighborhoods though their long term commitment.

[DallasHabitat]

Honestly on a personal note, I find your video a tragedy. Such a waste of time and talent. It does no good for you or the world at large. Many, many people are loosing their homes right now. Many of them are being kicked out of homes they have rented for years that are now being foreclosed on. Others are watching their incomes shrink as they watch their rent rise to unobtainable levels. These are all good everyday people.

[DallasHabitat]

We have families come in everyday whose only dream is to provide a steady safe home for their children. Something that they can afford. We help them make that dream possible. They take such pride in paying off their home. They learn how to be better homeowners and community leaders in their classes and it is so wonderful to speak to them and hear about their kids being able to go to college because they had the collateral of a home to get the student loans needed.

[DallasHabitat]

I am confident in writing all of this as we have built over 700 homes here in Dallas and we know how it really works. I am sorry again that we are not your charity of choice but for us, knowing that we have always been the solution to the housing crisis is a comfort. But more than that we know that 700 families will be having a better Christmas this year because Habitat was there for them to give them a hand up and not a hand out.

[ripitout79]

lmao, word ray

[ripitout79]

david, dont you have something better to do? Dont be such a sensative pussy. You little bitch. Take a joke

[davidmoore714]

This video is a horrible misrepresentation of what Habitat for Humanity is all about. It's not funny. It's offensive to anyone involved with the organization (myself included).

[ripitout79]

listen triskit, you obviously do not have a perception of what an exaggeration is. None the less you have to state how offended you are by a cheap, poorly made vidoe for school. Get over it. Take offense all you want

[triskit831]

i take offence to this video, that is not at all what habitat is about!

get your facts staright, i live in a habitat house and we werent poor or alcool dependant!

[ripitout79]

chill mike, it was an over exaggerated school project. you dont have to be so anal.

[mikeytheflip]

first of all, if you are poor and don't have a job, you aren't going to get a habitat home.  habitat for humanity is NOT a give-away program. we build homes and the owners pay monthly mortgages for them. the difference is that those mortgages are zero interest. so the homeowners don't end up paying 4x what the house is worth.

[epetkau]

computer microphones are only like 10 bucks, so...