Habitat for Humanity of Box Butte County

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	Family excited about move to Habitat for Humanity house The Seebohm family has been selected to partner with Habitat for Humanity in building and buying the third home in Box Butte County!!! HOUSE #3---Partners! This home is being built in partnership with Kent and Tanya Seebohm and their five children. The Kent and Tanya will have over 400 hours of work put into the house by the time the keys are handed over for the Seebohm family to purchase the home. Thank you to Elaine Bleisch and the Alliance Times-Herald for the following article they published on May 13, 2009. New Habitat For Humanity Family Chosen By ELAINE BLEISCH Times-Herald Writer ALLIANCE—At their meeting last night, the Habitat for Humanity of Box Butte County Board of Directors introduced the newest Habitat family. Kent and Tanya Seebohm have five children living at home, Kamron, 10; Brandi, 7; Aaron, 3; and twins, Jonathon and William, who will be two in August. They also have two grown children living on their own. This is the third Habitat for Humanity house in Box Butte County. The first was new construction and the second was the just-completed rehab of a house that had become almost uninhabitable. Each Habitat affiliate is asked to complete one house per year and they are hoping to complete this one by December. Tanya and Kent were both born and raised in Alliance, but moved away and lived in Alabama for six years, Tanya said. They moved back to Alliance three years ago because they like the community and wanted to raise their children here rather than in a large city. Kent works for Sterling Engineering out at EMD Warehouse and Tanya is at home with the children. Their current living situation is “OK, living wise,” Tanya said, but they are renting and the house is on the market to be sold so they don’t know how much longer they can live there. “It is hard to find a house big enough that is affordable to rent in this town,” she said. Financially, Tanya said the only reason they can’t get a house loan is their debt-to-income ratio is too high, because just her husband works, so they don’t meet bank guidelines. “Habitat for Humanity helps people on the borderline who can’t quite qualify to be able to own their own homes,” Tanya said. Applying for Habitat was a lot like applying for a home loan, Tanya said. They attended a meeting for potential Habitat families, filled out an application and were interviewed in their current home. Although the home will be built with volunteer labor, the Seebohms are required to help build the house. The couple must put in at least 400 hours of sweat equity before Habitat turns over the keys to the home. Once the house is completed, the couple will re-pay a no-interest mortgage. Kent also helped with the last Habitat house. Tanya said the family does not yet know where the house will be, when they will begin construction, or what the house will look like. Tanya said she spoke to a committee member who told her that Habitat for Humanity International has set floor plans, but they try to have two for the family to choose from. But Tanya is just grateful to have this chance for home ownership “…it’s such an awesome program.”

	Habitat for Humanity of Box Butte County P.O. Box 603, Alliance, NE 69301 Tel: (308)762-3730 - E-mail: habitatboxbutte@telecomwest.net The Habitat for Humanity International web site contains more information on Habitat's history, mission, volunteer opportunities and contact information for other Habitat affiliates around the world.