THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 21, 2024 Page 9 Essex County Habitat for Humanity building affordable homes in Haverhill Applications now available for this homeownership opportunity! E ssex County Habitat for Humanity is pleased to announce that applications are available for an affordable homeownership opportunity in Haverhill. At 41-43 Curtis St., a duplex condominium will be built to include two three-bedroom homes on the property at the end of the dead-end street. The sale price of each will be $245,000 or less. The application deadline is Friday, August 16, 2024. Eligible applicants will have incomes up to 60% of area median income, which is adjusted for family size, and they will be chosen by a lottery system. Families interested in submitting an application are invited to attend one of the following information sessions to ASKS | FROM PAGE 4 the trucks are empty so the town doesn’t wind up paying for tonnage before they start the residential routes. When I got this job, I was told to make sure I checked the trucks in the morning before they started. Q: Who owns the trucks? A: The four trucks are owned by Republic. They bought out JRM, who served the town for many years. Republic bought them out in the fall of 2022. The meeting place for Ron is 6:30 in the Dunkin’ Donuts on Hamilton Street at 6:30 in the morning, Monday through Friday, and learn more: Thursday, July 18, at 6 p.m., in person at Haverhill Public Library, Johnson Auditorium, 99 Main St., Haverhill, Mass., or Saturday, July 20, at 10 a.m. remotely via Teams Meeting (link will be emailed). During the information session, potential applicants will learn about Habitat’s selection criteria and how to prepare a complete application. The selection criteria include housing need, ability to make mortgage payments of $1,500-$2,100/ month and willingness to partner with Habitat, such as participating in the construction of the home and other Habitat projects. All Habitat-built homes are restricted to income-eligible buyers in perpetuity. To learn more and to registhe trucks start their routes at 7 a.m. Q: What happens if Ron finds stuff in the trucks? A: If they have stuff in them – very rarely does it happen – if there is, WIN Waste Management is open, and they can go down there and dump. But I don’t recall that happening. Q: What’s the biggest challenge? A: The biggest challenge is to make sure the trash and recycling on a given day is picked up. You don’t want any missed residents. You make sure that they do their routes and complete them. If residents complain that their trash and recycling was ter for an information session, visit: www.essexcountyhabitat.org/opportunities-haverhill/ About Essex County Habitat for Humanity: This is the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, the largest nonprofit homebuilder in the world. Essex County Habitat builds decent, safe and affordable homes in partnership with the families who need them. Each partner family works at least 240 sweat equity hours alongside volunteers to build their home and then carries an affordable 30-year mortgage. To help fund their work, Essex County Habitat operates a ReStore (located in Lawrence) where they sell quality new and previously owned furniture, applimissed, Bryan will get the call and will make sure that we know that a resident was missed. Republic does its best to get somebody over there to pick it up so it won’t be out there for days. We’ve had challenging days when trucks break down. That means the route won’t get finished, and it just throws the whole week out of sync. Q: How many complaints does your office field? Architectural Rendering ances, building materials and home goods at greatly reduced prices. To donate, A: We keep track of them. We average 225 a month for complaints. That could be trash or recycling. We’re talking about trash and recycling. Nobody cares about it until there’s a problem. When it’s a problem, it’s on the top of everybody’s list. When I first stepped in the office, on the first day there were 166 voicemails waiting. When somebody calls, we call them back. The residents are very happy when we get J& • Reliable Mowing Service • Spring & Fall Cleanups • Mulch & Edging • Sod or Seed Lawns • Shrub Planting & Trimming • Water & Sewer Repairs Grant money enabled Saugus Solid Waste & Recycling Director Scott Brazis to get this gate installed at the entrance to the CHaRM Center last October. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler). Joe Pierotti, Jr. volunteer or learn more, please visit EssexCountyHabitat.org back to them. If you call the office, you are going to get a returned call. If you didn’t, it’s an oddity. Q: How many people get served? A: Republic services 10,300 homes in the town of Saugus. We do not service businesses. 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