Confusion Over Habitat for Humanity Homes' Prices

WAYLAND, MA - Habitat for Humanity Committee member Mary Antes wrote a letter to Wicked Local explaining why homes built by the organization appeared to be so pricey.

Two Habitat for Humanity houses that were listed in local newspapers had people talking because they did not seem to be within an affordable price range.

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"The prices listed are the appraised value of the houses if sold at market rates. Habitat for Humanity International now requires the market value to be recorded because communities were complaining that the actual sale price deflated the comparable values in the area," Antes explained in the letter.

Antes said the letter the actual price of the a home is based on 30 percent of the family's income and two recent Habitat for Humanity Wayland mortgages ranged between $150,000 and $165,000.

Habitat for Humanity is currently working on a two-family duplex in Wayland.