Program to help Shippensburg area people afford their own homes...

A half-million dollar grant will help put home ownership within reach for 21 families.

[single and free]

with so many homes on the market today why build new ones??????why not fix up a older home?????oh i forgot everybody has to have a brand new home.

[Patricia]

sure wish I could get a free house/with labor

[frederick]

Patricia - the homes aren't free. The families have mortgages that they must pay, just like everyone else. However, because the families put in so much labor (it can take almost a year working 20 hours per week), they have saved a great deal over paying someone else to do that labor, so their mortgages are lower. That's called having equity in the house, which is a very good thing.
But understand - these houses aren't "given" to anybody. You really have to work hard for one.