Habitat open house slated at Palouse

Gazette Reporter

The final nail has been hammered for the now-finished Habitat for Humanity house in Palouse. An open house celebrating the completion will be March 7 at 3 p.m. at the house, located at 525 Union Street in Palouse.

Krista Given and her two young children will move into the house March 12.

Given was chosen from among 100 applicants to the Palouse chapter of Habitat for Humanity.

The single story house features three bedrooms and one bathroom.

To qualify to live in a home, a family must demonstrate they fall between the 30 to 60 percent of the medium income for a Whitman County family of their size, among other qualifications.

Groups of volunteers have come from WSU, UI and the city of Palouse to help build the home.

The first few shovelfuls of dirt were broken for the home in late August.

Habitat for Humanity relies on public donations and fundraising to fuel the construction.

A second Habitat for Humanity home will be built on the same site which has room for two homes.

Habitat plans on building a home in Uniontown after they are finished in Palouse.