Reply #12: i have wondered about habitat for various reasons.

[Hannah Bell]

1. why no significant effort to rehab existing housing?

2. what percent of beneficiaries eventually default, & what happens to the house? does it then go into the "free market" in real estate?

3. what affect does habitat then have on keeping re values down in poor housing markets -- or the housing markets where the poor are most likely to own?

4. where are the materials for habitat projects sourced -- donated, subsidy for private corps, ???

don't know the answers, just wondering.