Habitat for Humanity East Bay is a non profit largely volunteer based organization created in 1988 as an independent group from the national Habitat for Humanity program. Habitat for Humanity East Bay works all around the Alameda and Contra Costa Counties to "to create successful homeownership opportunities for families with limited incomes by building sustainable housing and revitalizing neighborhoods."
Habitat for Humanity Easy Bay does not give away homes, as thought by many, habitat homeowners have their income taken into account, and pay a certain percentage of their yearly wages. In addition to this, each habitat family must work a combined amount of at least 600 hours of 'sweat equity' for their homes. Every day there is at least one family out on a job site, working towards completing theirs and their neighbor's homes.
Volunteers come from all over through church, school, or work organizations to come contribute to the cause, along with a steady group of individuals who come every day without fail and get paid an extremely small amount for the amount of work they put in every day.
Habitat for Humanity East Bay is an organization that is an attempt to fight off the growing amount of homeless throughout the East Bay. Being homeless is a terrible situation to be in, and Habitat for Humanity cannot help all the homeless, but it is not only the families that are helped. The surrounding neighborhoods of each habitat developments are all able to see how each family has turned their lives around, providing incentive for all to try and achieve happiness just as they did.
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