Local Habitat For Humanity Partners With AmeriCorps Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity has been awarded 6 AmeriCorps National Construction Crew Leader positions and is looking for motivated, qualified candidates to serve locally during the 2021-2022 service year, which begins in August 2021. Habitat AmeriCorps members serve in full-time, paid stipend positions, helping to meet the housing needs of communities and low to moderate income families across the U.S. Applicants accepted as Habitat AmeriCorps members serving with Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity will be integral in the organization’s effort to provide more affordable homeownership opportunities in the Bend and Redmond communities. As Bend and Redmond continue to grow, so does the gap between wages and housing costs. It is extremely challenging for many low to moderate income families and individuals to become homeowners in our area. So, to do their part to address this housing crisis, Habitat is working to build 40 homes in the next three years and then 20 homes each year after that. This service year Habitat expects to have 16-21 homes in various stages of construction.