SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Four families will soon become homeowners with assistance from the Interfaith Housing
Mutual Self-Help Program, USDA Rural Development, and a little sweat equity. Interfaith Housing, a non-profit organization based in South Hutchinson, is partnering with USDA Rural Development to provide technical assistance for families that build their own home.
USDA Rural Development’s Mutual Self-Help Program allows families to work together in groups to build their own home. A public body, or nonprofit organization, coordinates the program by assisting homeowners with: finding lots, developing house plans, working with contractors, coordinating materials, training participants on the skills needed to complete construction tasks, providing construction supervision and assisting families with obtaining a loan to build a self-help home.
USDA Rural Development provided Interfaith Housing a $360,000 technical assistance grant to assist 18 families build homes. In this first Interfaith Mutual Self-Help group, three homes will be built in South Hutchinson and one in Partridge. The homes are expected to be completed in approximately nine months.