Habitat Kent offers a hand up, not a hand out. All Habitat homes are built or rehabbed to high standards of safety, health, and sustainability so households can begin their journey to affordable homeownership, opportunity, and stability.
Newly built homes are available through our Traditional Homeownership Program. These simple, but attractive single-family homes are typically two-to-three bedrooms and two baths. They are energy efficient, fully handicap accessible and move-in ready when finished.
While there are several general floor plans available for new builds, some of the most common ones are pictured below. Habitat works with each homebuyer to help ensure the home fits their needs to the best of our ability.
All new Habitat homes are built within the City of Grand Rapids in one of our three focus neighborhoods:
We are currently building in the Baxter Neighborhood and will continue building there and in the Madison Area throughout 2022 and 2023.
Learn more about our Traditional Homeownership Program and how to qualify below:
A two-story home home being built on Bemis St in Baxter in Summer, 2022.
Fully rehabilitated homes are available through our Accelerated Homeownership Program. These single-family homes range in size and are rehabbed for energy efficiency, accessibility and are move-in ready.
Below are some examples of the homes that have been available through this program. For a full list of available homes, click here.
Rehabbed homes are located anywhere within Habitat Kent’s service area including:
Learn more about our Accelerated Homeownership Program and how to qualify below:
At Habitat Kent, making homes affordable is as important as making them safe, healthy, and sustainable. Because of this, since 2007, all new homes built are LEED-certified and all rehabs are completed to meet our high standards.
Building for energy efficiency improves air quality in homes and their surrounding community, keeps our carbon footprint down, and helps future homeowners save hundreds of dollars in utility costs each year.
Learn more about our sustainable practices below:
Our first all-electric, zero carbon-emissions home was completed in fall, 2021 and is just the beginning of our road to carbon-neutrality.