Insurance companies may be known for helping to restore and rebuild homes after catastrophes or accidents, but Atlanta-based Swett & Crawford may soon be known as an insurance company that helps build homes before a claim has even been made. Working with the city of Seattle and Habitat for Humanity Seattle/South King County, the broker broke ground on a three bedroom, one and a half bath home in central Seattle for Gidey Tesfai’s family.
The new home is a land trust ownership opportunity that helps to make home ownership a reality for low-income families. Habitat homes are built using primarily volunteer labor and sold at cost at no profit and with no interest to working families.
“Each year, Swett & Crawford will build a Habitat home in the city that is the recipient of the Office of the Year Award,” said Mike Hamby, the branch manager for the company’s Seattle office. “Our office here in Seattle was honored to achieve that distinction in 2006. … We’re especially pleased to give back to our community by building something that will have a lasting and positive effect.”
Once completed, Tesfai, his wife, their 10-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter will occupy the home. For more information, visit www.seattle-habitat.org.
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