How to repent from riba (usury or interest) money if it was used to build a house

Question:
This is your sister in Allah from Libya. We reviewed some of her questions in the previous episode. She has a set of questions remaining in this message. She says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the repentance for a person who got involved in building a house with a riba loan in a case like this?

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and all his Companions. As for what follows, Allah has forbidden riba (usury or interest) and threatened those who commit it with the harshest warning. If a person commits it by taking riba, and if he considers it permissible, he is a disbeliever. If he does not consider it permissible, he is a doer of one of the major sins. In any case, repentance is obligatory before death, whether he considered it permissible or not. He should repent to Allah the Exalted for what he did, with a sincere and valid repentance. If the riba was used in a transaction, or in eating or drinking, or otherwise, he should extract the amount equal to the riba and place it in a public project that people benefit from, so that he may rid himself of it. Therefore, the questioner should extract the amount of riba that was used to build the house and place it in a public project that people benefit from, along with repentance to Allah the Exalted.