Over the course of the
following year we will introduce a new partner family each month.
Habitat fr Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County is proud to partner with Rima Villarreal on the construction of her new home. Rima is a single mother of Shane, age 4, and Rubin, 4 months. Raised in Lompoc, Rima attended UC San Diego before moving to Santa Barbara in the spring of 2011. She works for the City of Santa Barbara at the Downtown Public Library.
Habitat fr Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County is proud to partner with Rima Villarreal on the construction of her new home. Rima is a single mother of Shane, age 4, and Rubin, 4 months. Raised in Lompoc, Rima attended UC San Diego before moving to Santa Barbara in the spring of 2011. She works for the City of Santa Barbara at the Downtown Public Library.
In November of 2011, as she
was pregnant with her second son, Rima and Shane moved into an emergency
housing shelter. They lived at this shelter until March of 2012 when they moved
into a transitional home at St. Vincent's. Rima gave birth to Rubin in July and
the three currently share a communal cottage with four women and six
other children.
Rima and her family will move into one of the Canon Perdido Affordable Homes when they are completed in 2014. A new Habitat home will mean a safe and permanent home for the family, a place where Shane and Rubin can grow, thrive, and feel secure.
Like
all Habitat partner families, Rima will purchase her home with a
no-interest mortgage and monthly payments made to fit within 35% of her annual
income. Early next year she will begin contributing “sweat equity” hours on
the construction of the new home.
