Building Homes with Laughter
Richmond Habitat Kicks off Another Women Build with an All-Women Comedians Comedy Show!
Richmond Habitat for Humanity’s Annual Comedy Show will be moving from virtual to in person for the first time this April as they kick off another season of Women Build! Entertainment will be brought to you by some amazing local women comedians!
The Comedy Show will take place on April 9th at 6pm at the new SB’s Main Street Loveshack in the Fan. It will be a “Brunch for Dinner” theme with yummy cocktails, one of which will also support a Habitat build. The $25 ticket includes admission to the show – food and drinks sold separately. The event is open to everyone – not just Women Build participants.
This comedy show will act as a kick off to Richmond Habitat’s Spring Women Build project in North Church Hill, where they will utilize a mostly all-women volunteer crew to build a home for a local family.
“Almost all of our homebuyers are women – many of whom are single-mothers striving to give their children a safe place to call their own. We are always looking for ways to encourage local women to get out and build with us and help change the lives of the women we serve – women helping women,” says Whitney Guthrie, Director of Community Engagement at Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity, “Women Build is a perfect way to empower local women to get involved and increase access to affordable homeownership opportunities.”
More than 18 million U.S. households spend half or more of their income on a place to live, and almost 31% of women-headed households with children are below the poverty level.
In the greater Richmond area, one in seven families must choose between having a place to call home and paying for food, health care, childcare, education or reliable transportation. Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity is calling on women across the region to help bring attention to this important issue by raising a hammer and a building home for a local family.
Through Richmond Habitat’s program, local families and individuals are able to purchase a home and pay an affordable, zero percent interest mortgage, making the dream of homeownership a reality. The average monthly mortgage payment for Richmond Habitat’s homeowners is $600 each month.
Prior to purchasing their homes, the two homebuyers will complete 10 homeownership and financial education classes, monthly-one-on one budgeting sessions, and 350 hours of sweat equity helping to build their homes and the homes of other future homeowners. This ensures that homebuyers have the tools they need to be successful.
Richmond Habitat’s Women Build will take place from April until June of 2022. Richmond Habitat is in need of volunteers and sponsors to help make this build a success. For more information and to register, visit https://www.richmondhabitat.org/womenbuild
