Single Mom Becomes The First Person To Purchase A 3D-Printed Home From Habitat for Humanity

Williamsburg, Virginia. Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg has recently teamed up with a 3-D printing home business called Alquist to create several 3D-printed homes across the nation, and the first one was recently completed in Williamsburg, Virginia.

This home is unique in that it made history as the very first 3D-printed home to ever be lived in by a homeowner in America.

The home features two full bathrooms and three bedrooms, and it’s 1,200 square feet.

Concrete was the material used to print the walls on the exterior of the house, which is interesting because lumber is usually used in home building for this.

It took only 28 hours to print the house, whereas a normal project of this size would have taken 4 weeks longer to complete.

Four days before Christmas, a single mom of a 13-year-old son named April Stringfield became the proud owner of this unique and special 3-D printed home.

Consociate Media for Habitat for Humanity; pictured above is the beautiful 3-D printed home

“My son and I are so thankful,” April said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “I always wanted to be a homeowner. It’s a dream come true.”

April didn’t have to just come up with the money to purchase the home; she actually was required to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity in order to become the home’s owner.

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“April logged 300 sweat equity or volunteer hours, one of the requirements of the Habitat Homebuyer Program,” Habitat for Humanity explained in a press release.

“Some were spent actually helping the crew on the construction site and others were recorded at the Habitat ReStore in Williamsburg.”

“April, employed full-time for five years at a nearby hotel, will pay the no-interest mortgage back to the local Habitat affiliate — funds earmarked to go toward building future homes for qualified families.”

Consociate Media for Habitat for Humanity; pictured April hugs Janet V. Green, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg

Another requirement that Habitat for Humanity has for those interested in purchasing one of their homes?

A person needs to have very good credit, a way to afford their home, and a job that allows their income to be in a range of 45-80% of what the median income is in a given area.

Habitat for Humanity does not make a profit on a house that they sell, and they give homebuyers the equivalent of a 20 to 30-year mortgage with zero interest.

“Many people think Habitat gives homes away; we don’t,” Janet V. Green, the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg, explained.

“We sell homes to families with low to moderate incomes.”

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