Our Model.

We partner with families, volunteers and community organizations to build and rehabilitate affordable homes. Once a qualified family moves into a home, we nurture a long-term relationship to empower them to build a successful future.

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“A humbling experience, a lifelong home”

We’re building a world where every family has
a chance for a better tomorrow.

Work one-on-one with homebuyers

Focus on neighborhoods, listen to neighbors

Get involved with neighborhood & business associations

Partner with other organizations to implement innovative solutions

We build more because people from all walks of life join together to volunteer

Special Builds Uniting community members with special home builds

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Community Impact Transforming neighborhoods and communities

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House Construction & Repair Building and improving affordable homes

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Education & Learning Garden Teaching Habitat homebuyers and local students

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Our Sustainable Model…

68%

of families report an increase in their income

What we do today impacts our future. As stewards of God’s earth, we are committed to making a social, economic and environmental difference in everything we do.

35%

of Grand Rapids children live in poverty; of those, 79% live in substandard housing

25%

of families report better grades in school for their children

58%

of four-person families making $31,250 or less cannot find affordable housing

Affordable Mortgages

Acting as the mortgage holder, Habitat provides up to a 30-year zero-interest loan. This allows homebuyers to have affordable house payments while providing Habitat with a steady source of funds to continue building homes for qualified home buyer families.

Green Construction

Not only are we passionate about building affordable homes, we believe in keeping them affordable for families once they move in. By being wise about green building, we include only what will be most beneficial to families. This creates a healthful environment and drastically reduces energy and water use, saving Habitat homeowners thousands of dollars. For a family of four living on $30,000 a year, reducing their utility bills by $100 a month goes a long way in helping them be successful in their home.

Social Impact

When a family’s health improves, it reduces sick days so parents perform better at work and children learn more at school. When children don’t have to enroll in a new school year after year, their grades and social skills improve. As homeowners, parents set an example of personal responsibility when they shift from dependence on landlords and take pride in caring for their own property. In many ways, owning a home helps a family establish economic stability. Families can rely on a steady mortgage payment as opposed to rising rent costs. The home quickly becomes a financial asset as it begins earning equity. It also allows homeowners to support to the local economy as active taxpayers.

ReStore Retail

Habitat for Humanity ReStores sell new and gently-used building materials and home improvement products. The proceeds from our two Kent County locations go to our affiliate to support local Habitat families. Since opening in 2004, nearly 4,000 tons of material has avoided the landfill by being donated to our Kent County ReStores.

Business Model

Before we celebrate the groundbreaking of a home, Habitat has the funding in place and has identified a home to live in it. Through grants, donations, homeowner mortgage payments and ReStore funds, we are able to maintain financial sustainability. This prevents Habitat from borrowing money for building and ensures each home has a family to live in it when construction is complete.

We Believe in You

ReBuild, ReNew, ReStore

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We’re Here To Help

Our Model.

“A humbling experience, a lifelong home”

We’re building a world where every family has
a chance for a better tomorrow.

Our Sustainable Model…

A Home Can Change Lives

Veteran Homeownership Application Request

Home Repair Wait List

Group Interest Survey

We Believe in You

ReBuild, ReNew, ReStore

Find out more

We’re Here To Help

Our Model.

“A humbling experience, a lifelong home”

We’re building a world where every family hasa chance for a better tomorrow.

Our Sustainable Model…

A Home Can Change Lives

We’re building a world where every family has
a chance for a better tomorrow.