Pikes Peak Habitat For Humanity

Goal 1: Increase the number of families and individuals who are living in permanent, affordable housing in the Pikes Peak region.
Goal 2: Empower and equip families with the tools they will need to become successful homeowners.
Goal 3: Engage volunteers in meaningful activities and serve in the success of our programs.

Goal 1 Strategy: With volunteer labor and tax-deductible donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and repairs safe and secure houses in partnership with the community and prospective homeowners.

Goal 2 Strategy: Provide homeownership classes on budgeting and fiscal responsibility, home maintenance, and good neighbor relations to new families to further ensure their success as homeowners. Provide support for each family through every step of the homeownership process.

Goal 3 Strategy: Recruit individuals and groups to volunteer, document data and record volunteer hours to calculate value of donated time.

Although Pikes Peak Habitat is the only organization in El Paso County providing permanent housing solutions to very low-income families, we collaborate with a variety of businesses and individuals to help our homeowners build and maintain their first home. All future homeowners complete 16 hours of mandatory first-time homebuyer classes that include credit counseling; budgeting/money management; protecting assets; and more.

To keep the costs low for the homeowner, Pikes Peak Habitat collaborates with community businesses, churches, organizations and foundations for funding, material donations and volunteers. We have partnerships with several local and national companies that provide in-kind services and goods. Some of these partners include Whirlpool (supplying refrigerators and ranges), Levolor (blinds), DOW/DuPont (discounted foam sheathing, sealants, house wrap), Clark Land Surveying (pro bono surveying services), among many others.

Goal 1 Progress: Pikes Peak Habitat completed five new homes in 2022 with two more under construction. With the purchase of their Habitat home, these homeowners experienced financial relief and independence, and, as a result, have more stable, healthy home environments, less debt, and access to more career and educational opportunities. Four households received repair assistance, allowing the families to maintain a safe and secure home affordably.

Goal 2 Progress: In addition to the four families whose homes have been completed so far in FY23, plus those families whose house is under construction, we assist 82 partner families whose mortgage is serviced by Pikes Peak Habitat. Nine homeownership classes were provided this year. In 2022 Pikes Peak Habitat homeowners paid a total of $149,293 in El Paso County property taxes, a reinvestment of dollars into our community.

Goal 3 Progress: In FY 2022 a total of 2,645 unduplicated volunteers gave 43,651 hours of their time to our operating committees, construction site, administration office, and ReStore -- a value of $1,375,443 ($31.51/hr. per the Independent Sector).