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MABLETON, GA – Hawks forward Shelden Williams; Thrashers defenseman Niclas Havelid; mascots Harry the Hawk and Thrash; and the A-Town Dancers, the Atlanta Hawks dance team, be will be helping build a Habitat for Humanity home in Mableton, Ga., between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. They will join approximately 20 HomeBanc volunteers and future Habitat homeowner, Katavol Ferrell, who will also be working on the home that day. Habitat for Humanity homeowners are required to invest sweat equity into their new home by working alongside volunteers.

HomeBanc Marketing Manager Janet Slaton coordinated the sports teams’ participation in this project.

The home is located on Hillcrest Drive in the Hillcrest West Habitat development that Habitat for Humanity of Cobb County has under way (see directions below). The Hillcrest West development is one of several Habitat for Humanity subdivisions under way in Cobb. Cobb Habitat homes feature large open floor plans, large front porches and varying architectural styles and finishes, including paint colors, brick- and stone-accented fronts and a variety of front porch column designs and configurations. These designs help the homes blend with the surrounding neighborhoods.

“Cobb Habitat is taking a holistic and forward-thinking approach to affordable housing by providing affordable, attractive homes that are close to the things people looking for affordable housing need – jobs and transportation,” said HomeBanc Community Affairs and HomeBanc Foundation Manager Amanda Albertelli. “We’re delighted to have representatives from the Hawks and Thrashers come out and share the joy of working alongside a future homeowner.”

In 2000, HomeBanc committed to building 100 Habitat for Humanity homes. This is the 31st house HomeBanc has sponsored and HomeBanc employees have built. To date, HomeBanc has built six homes with Cobb Habitat, including one in 2004 with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team.

When completed, the home will feature three bedrooms and 2 baths. Ferrell will share the home with her four children. Construction on the home began August 5 and should be complete by October 28.

Co-sponsors on the home are Fidelity National Title Insurance, First American Title Insurance and Neel & Robinson.

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit that seeks to eliminate poverty and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.

Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Habitat has built more than 100,000 houses around the world, providing more than 500,000 people in more than 2,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. The organization was founded in 1976. For more information about Habitat for Humanity activities in your area, visit Habitat on-line at www.habitat.org.

HomeBanc Mortgage, a mortgage banking company that focuses on originating purchase money residential mortgage loans in the southeast United States, is a subsidiary of HomeBanc Corp. ( NYSE : HMB ). For more information about HomeBanc Corp., HomeBanc Mortgage, or the company’s mortgage products, contact HomeBanc at www.homebanc.com.

Directions (from downtown Atlanta):

• Take I-20 west and exit at Six Flags Parkway.
• Make a right off the exit ramp and travel north.
• Turn left onto Hillcrest Drive.
• The build site will be on the right.
• Parking is available at the build site or at the near by Hillcrest II project.