Rebuilding interior walls and replacing roofs and windows of deteriorated homes may sound like construction duties, but this is what the Ohio State chapter of Habitat for Humanity is doing to help a needy family.Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit housing ministry that encourages people of all faiths to work together to eliminate sub-standard housing and help needy families, said Josh Flory, OSU chapter president.’I really enjoy going out after a week of classes and working with my hands for a great cause,’ Flory said. ‘Knowing that we’re giving a family new hope and helping them get a new start on life makes us feel good.’Volunteers renovate old homes and build new homes for low-income families who can’t afford to pay expensive building costs, Flory said.The chapter has recently entered a partnership with Executive Jet, a Columbus based executive travel airline, to renovate a deteriorated home on Genesee Avenue, Flory said.’This is the first time our chapter has had our own home to work on,’ he said. ‘We usually help out on projects that the Greater Columbus Habitat is already working on.’The house was donated by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Flory said.Executive Jet is helping to finance the $25,000 project, along with a large donation from the Columbus Foundation, he said.A construction manager from the greater Columbus chapter is always on site to oversee the progress and help direct the students, Flory said.The income of eligible partner families is from $8,900 to $17,800 annually, adjusted to family size, Flory said.Habitat houses cost approximately $38,000 with a market value of $42,000-$45,000, and they are sold at no profit or interest to the partner families, he said.In Columbus, mortgage payments for the houses run from $200-$240 per month for a 15-20 year mortgage which includes insurance, taxes, and maintenance escrow account, Flory said. Families are chosen on the basis of housing need, ability to repay the loan, family size and willingness to help work on the house in partnership, he said. Each family must provide labor on their own house as well as other Habitat homes or events, Flory said.The number of hours is determined by the size of the house. Two hundred and fifty hours for two bedroom homes, 375 for three bedrooms, and 500 for four bedrooms, Flory said.Families are not allowed to sell the house and make a profit for ten years, he said. The house at Genesee Avenue will go to Janet Bohanan, who is a single mother of a 17-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son, he said.’I could have walked on water the day they told me I was approved for the house,’ Bohanan said. ‘Tears just flowed from my eyes when I went to the house and saw that these students were working on weekends just to help me,’ she said. The three-bedroom, two-bath house is scheduled to be finished by April, she said.