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A place to call home – Crow River Habitat for Humanity offers family an opportunity for a better life

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:14pm
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When Crow River Habitat for Humanity offered Trinity Johnson the opportunity to work on a new house that would one day be home for his family, he initially declined the offer. Like many people, he thought the offer was a handout.
All Johnson wanted was a hand up.
On Sunday morning, Aug. 4, Pastor Katherine Rood from Christ Lutheran Church and staff and supporters of Crow River Habitat for Humanity joined Johnson, Teresa Rannow and their children to bless and break ground where the family’s new house will be built. Construction is expected to begin next month. The family – Johnson, Rannow and their children – expects to move into the 1,208-square-feet, three-bedroom, single-level house next spring.
Crow River Habitat for Humanity needed help from the Davis family of Glencoe convincing Johnson the house on North Baldwin Avenue would be theirs to earn. Johnson will perform 300 hours of sweat-equity labor to cover the down payment. Habitat for Humanity helped arrange low-interest financing that maintains the monthly mortgage payments just above the $855 per month Johnson and Rannow pay in monthly rent for their two-bedroom apartment.
Knowing he’d have to work for the new house, Johnson was willing to accept the offer of assistance. He’ll handle painting and other jobs tradesmen won’t tend to.

(For the complete story, see the Aug. 7 print edition of The McLeod County Chronicle.)