More Habitat families to learn ‘there's no place like home'
Housing nonprofit completes 12 more townhomes in Burtonsville community for low-income residents
Sesen Yacob, 4, hold an "M," which stands for maintenance, as she and others spell the word "home" during the ceremony. 
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Officials and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County gathered Sunday to celebrate the completion of a second set of affordable townhomes for low-income families in the Linganore Woods community in Burtonsville.
The new homeowners and their families will move into their new homes in December, officials said. For many of the children who are moving in, it will be the first time they will have their own bedroom, rather than having to share with their parents.
The 12 units dedicated Sunday join 12 others that were completed in the same community in summer 2007. The project is Habitat's largest in 26 years, officials said.
Each unit is about 1,300 square feet, has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. Estimated cost of building the homes is $140,000.
Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County, a nonprofit housing organization, requires homeowners selected on financial need to contribute 150 to 500 hours of volunteer work to build the homes, depending on the size of the family and age of the family members.
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