Our Program
The Greater Erie Area Habitat for Humanity provides the opportunity for families to partner with us to make their dream of safe, decent homeownership come true.
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Ability to Pay: Meet the income guidelines based on family size and meet the debt-to-income ratios
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Willingness to Partner: Complete a minimum of 300 hours of sweat equity, meet monthly with a family partner and budget coach, and attend homeownership preparation classes.
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Housing Need: During the application process, our Family Selection Committee will visit applicant families in their homes and determine the need for housing. Need can include overcrowding, physical/structure deficiencies, and/or cost burden.
Our program is not a hand out; it is a hand up.
Families who qualify for traditional house financing are generally not appropriate families for our program. Our families are struggling financially but need & want something better for their family and are willing to work for it.
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Families earn their opportunity through working sweat equity and learn about the construction of a house and help build their own. Our families work alongside of volunteers & develop their personal networks as well as learn about community involvement. Our families work on Habitat houses for other families first before their own. They do for others before anyone does for them.