Apply

This takes ~2 months from beginning to end. We’ll take an in-depth look at your current financial and housing situation and determine if you qualify for the program. Please note, we can only accept a few applications at a time, and will strive to pick people who show a great need for housing.

Orientation

Once approved, we meet with you to explain all the details of the program and what will be required of your family.

Sweat Equity + Classes

As part of the program, each adult in the household is required to put in 250 hours of work with Habitat (with a household max of 500 hours). This includes attending financial and homeownership classes, as well as working on the build site and in the store. Exceptions can be made for those with physical limitations.

Construction

Once land is secured and the funding is in hand, we will break ground on your future home! Our goal is to do this within 1 year of your acceptance into the program, but that is ultimately up to availability of land and funding. Construction takes ~6 months to finish.

Closing

As your home is nearing completion, we will begin preparing to close on your home. Each Habitat home is “sold” back to the family with a 0% interest mortgage. The average mortgage payment (not including property taxes + insurance) is typically in the $400 range, although this varies with the size and location of the house. We will work with you at every step in the process!

Homeownership

Congrats, you are now a homeowner in Kosciusko County! We will still be here to help you adjust to this responsibility, but your home is now your own. Want to paint a wall? Do it! Your kids punched a hole in the drywall? Well, that’s the joy of homeownership!