Program Overview
Homeownership Advocacy
Habitat walks alongside qualified families through a holistic home-buying process.
- 6-12 month program
- Focus on creating sustainable and independent homeowners
- Affordable mortgage payments from homeowners help fund more homes.
Habitat Homes Are Not Free
- 275-425 hours partnership hours
- Financial and homeowner education classes
- $2,000 toward home purchase
- 1 affordable mortgage from a third-party lender
Partnership Hours
- 100-200 hours on the build site
- 50+ hours at the ReStore
- 40+ hours completing financial and homeowner education class time and coaching
- Friends and Family can help you achieve your partnership hours
Homeownership + Financial Literacy Classes
- $ management + savings planning
- Building + maintaining good credit
- Understanding mortgage and insurance terms + requirements
- Home maintenance processes
- Organizational skills
- Proper home security + fire safety
One-on-One Meetings With Homeowner Services Team
- Guide families through the home-buying process
- Monitor partnership hours
- Provide advice
- Assist in establishing and prioritizing
- Support in resource connection
Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Section 504 prohibits discrimination based on disability in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. If you or anyone has suffered against housing discrimination click here to file a complaint.