Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County

Mission Statement: Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County, rooted in Christian principles, brings together community partners and volunteers from all faiths to help qualified Partner Families construct and purchase well-built, affordable homes and become successful homeowners.

Vision Statement: Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County manifests God's love in action through a life-changing home building ministry that uplifts everyone it touches.

Since 1985, we have fundamentally changed lives for 450+ families by making them new homeowners. Another 80+ families, elderly, and veterans have been served with home repairs to ensure they safely age in place or have a more secure home, and thousands others through our home maintenance classes, partnerships, community cleanups, and work with neighborhood associations. In this way, Habitat is reviving entire neighborhoods, street by street and block by block. Strong and stable homes help build strong and stable communities.

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With a philosophy of “a hand up, not a hand out,” a phrase coined by President Jimmy Carter, Habitat Forsyth makes it possible for local families to achieve strength and stability that comes from owning safe, decent, affordable housing. Through partnering with Habitat, families are able to experience the joys that come with a home: the security of owning rather than renting; the comfort of knowing one’s neighbors and seeing children play in their yards; the stability of putting down roots in a community; and the long-term investment that helps build personal wealth. The Habitat model assists local hard-working families who do not qualify for traditional mortgages to become homeowners. After meeting certain income, credit and rental history qualifications, our future Habitat homeowners attend financial education and home ownership/maintenance classes. They earn 300 to 400 social engagement or “sweat equity” hours by helping build or remodel their own homes or those of others and serve as volunteers with Habitat or in the community. Upon closing on the home, they begin paying an affordable mortgage back to Habitat, which allows us to help more families.