With down payment of 'sweat,' 9 Stanwood families are homeowners
STANWOOD — Kayla and Doug Standish recently moved into a brand-new home. The house has three bedrooms, abundant natural light and enough room for their kids to play.
For the down payment, they used “sweat equity.”
The Standishes and eight other families built their own neighborhood in Stanwood. They spent 32 hours per week — on top of full-time jobs — to build the houses. It took 16 months, but the new homeowners finally picked up their keys in December.
“We busted our butts to get here,” Kayla Standish said.
Housing Hope’s Team HomeBuilding Program, a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, allows people to build and buy homes in rural areas. Those in the program provide labor instead of a down payment. Monthly mortgage payments start after move-in day.
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