About

East Pasco Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

East Pasco Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere - from all walks of life - to develop communities with God's people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent homes in decent communities in which people can live and grow into all that God intended. Download the 2007 Fact Sheet for more info.

Fast Facts

  • EPHH is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International
  • Dedicated to eliminating poverty housing and homelessness in East Pasco County
  • Making decent shelter a matter of conscience and action
  • Built 45 Habitat houses since 1994 in East Pasco County
  • Accepting applications from local families on an ongoing, year-round basis
  • Family Selection Committee chooses families in need, wiwth a willingness to partner with Habitat, and ability to repay the no-interest mortgage
  • Partner families invest a minimum of 400 "labor-sweat equity" into building their houses and the houses of others
  • Houses are built through volunteer labor to keep costs low
  • Fundraisers throughout the community raise funds for more houses

Poverty Prognosis

  • Of the 200 U.S. counties with the highest poverty rates, 189 are rural. Thirty percent, or 6.2 Americans in rural areas, experience housing problems.
  • U.S. government spending for housing is declining. Three-quarters of those in need of housing assistance are not presently being served.
  • Nearly half of Africa's population exists on less than US $1 per day, and the number is increasing.
  • Two-thirds of the world's poor live in Asia.
  • A study of rural and urban poverty in Europe found that while the urban poor were twice as numerous as the rural poor, the depth of poverty was worse in rural areas.
  • In the Latin America and Caribbean area, income distribution is the most unequal in the world. The richest 10 percent earn 48 percent of the income while the poorest 10 percent earn 1.6 percent of income.
  • In the United States, roughly 13 percent of the population live below the poverty threshold of $19,157 for a family of four. Approximately 7.6 million families and 35.9 million people are living in poverty. Since 2000, the number of people in poverty has risen by 4.3 million.
  • Ninety-five million people - about one-third of the United States' population - face housing problems with most living in a cost-burdened situation and millions enduring inadequate housing and crowded conditions.
  • Urban populations are expected to grow at a rate of 1.8 percent per year, as compared with rural areas, which will grow by 0.1 percent.
  • The United Nations estimates that by 2007, one in three urban dwellers will live in poverty.
  • 2007 marks the year that the world's population will become 50 percent rural and 50 percent urban.
  • Some 35 million new housing units are needed annually - 95,000 units daily - to meet the urban housing need alone.
  • Approximately 1 million people are moving to the cities of the work each week, competing with others for jobs, public services and housing.