Murfreesboro, TN - "It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" takes-on new meaning as Rutheford County's Habitat for Humanity announces it will celebrate its 200th home at 10:00 o'clock next Thursday morning (12/19/2024) at Legacy Pointe Subdivision, off Halls Hill Pike and Twin Oak Drive. 

This new home was built by Future Homeowner Chanelle along with over 100 volunteers from the Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant.

Chanelle, like all Habitat Homeowners, completed 50 hours of Financial Literacy and Homeowner Education, as well as 350 hours of partnership equity, working on the construction of her house as well as others at Legacy Pointe.

Through the Habitat mortgage program, she will not pay more than 30 % of her monthly income on housing, leaving more money for other family needs. The impact of homeownership on many Habitat homeowners includes better health, better work attendance and career advancements, more disposable income, and children often see their grades and attendance improve.

Property in Rutherford County was getting so expensive that it would possibly make the cost of home ownership out-of-reach for those being served by Habitat. That's when Local Habitat CEO Terri Shultz suggested purchasing an 18-acre parcel of land and create a subdivision for 76 homes. Since 2019, thirty-four homes have been built at what is now called Legacy Pointe Subdivision.  

Again, the public is encouraged to be there to share "the real Christmas spirit of helping" as Chanelle accepts the key and starts a bright new chapter in her life. 

For the past 35+ years, Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity has been "making the dream of home ownership" become a reslity in Murfreesboro, Smyrna, and La Vergne.