We are currently one of the city's only providers of home ownership opportunities to families at 30-60% of the median Portland household income level. Partnering with the community, our volunteers build simple, decent homes, which are then sold at cost with a zero-interest, 1% down payment mortgage to families who qualify for our program. Their mortgage payments - payments that are often lower than what they were paying in rent - go into a revolving "Fund for Humanity" that is used to build more homes in the Multnomah and northern Clackamas counties. Our homeowners are committed and successful. We have experienced less than a 1% default rate on our mortgages, lower than the national average.  By providing a hand up, not a handout, our program maintains the dignity and pride of our homeowner families.

Build homes with other volunteers and new homeowners Wednesdays through Saturdays 8:30am to 3:30pm. Sign up online at www.habitatportlandmetro.org/volunteer.

Assist at Restore, the recycled building materials center - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays 9am to 5pm. Sign up online at http://pdxrestore.org/volunteer.html.