Genesee County Habitat for Humanity

Service Areas:

•Homeownership Services: New construction and rehab existing housing to provide a
•Critical Homeowner Occupied Repair Program: Provides repair services to homeowner-occupied housing within Genesee County.
•Neighborhood Revitalization: Works hand-in-hand with residents in the City of Flint to support grassroots engagement, build local leadership and provide residents with the tools necessary to impact community-driven change within their own neighborhoods.
•Habitat Apprentice Residential Training Program: Hands-on training for future placement in the construction industry.
•Financial Opportunity Center: Program is open to all. One-on-one financial coaching.
•ReStore: Open to the public year-round Tuesday through Saturday 9AM to 5PM (except holidays).

We have many service areas but all are aimed at building community and providing local families in need with affordable housing options.

We believe in building capacity through collaboration with a variety of community partners. Here are some examples:

•Habitat for Humanity International: Through connections with our parent organization, we are able to secure materials in support of our work
•Consumers Energy: Partners on all of our current repair projects to provide weatherization, furnaces and other energy saving measures
•Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA): Awarded GCHFH $1 million to complete full-code rehabilitation on homes in the City of Flint
•United Way of Genesee County: Partnered to safeguard hundreds of homes against the effects of lead via the Water Assurance Program
•Genesee County Land Bank Authority: Partners to eliminate blight
•City of Flint: As part of the CHDO designation, GCHFH serves as a Housing Advisory Committee expert contributor
•Genesee County: CHDO designation with the County and is a recipient of HUD HOME funds
•Michigan DHHS: Lead-Safe Homes program
Local area churches &

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity has a 12-member Board of Directors with diverse skills that complement the work we do. The recommendation of board composition comes from our parent organization HFHI, which offers trainings and support materials easily accessed through our shared learning website my.habitat.org.

Genesee County Habitat for Humanity employs a full time Construction Supervisor and the construction staff works with a volunteer construction committee and over 600 volunteers on a typical build.

A full time office manager supports the staff and the affiliate has the added assurance of an outside accounting firm, Taylor and Morgan preparing our monthly statements. In addition, we have a fulltime Executive Director, Development Director, Homeowner Services Director, Associate Director (Operations Director), Neighborhood Director, Volunteer Coordinator, and a Homeowner Repair Program Manager who is assisted by a fulltime homeowner engagement specialist.

Our progress sinceour beginning:
•Homeownership Services: Approximately 10-12 individuals and families per year
•Critical Homeowner Occupied Repair Program: 997 people, In 2020 alone: 182 people served
•Neighborhood Revitalization: Over 500 Flint residents engaged through more than 20 neighborhood clean-ups (resulting in the removal of over 70,000 pounds of debris), repairs, neighborhood meetings, workshops and pavilion builds
•Habitat Apprentice Residential Training Program: Anticipated outcome is to train 30 participants a year with a construction job placement of 80 percent
•Financial Opportunity Center: Program is open to all. At least 128 individuals will be provided with one-on-one financial coaching throughout the year
•ReStore: Open to the public year-round Tuesday through Saturday 9AM to 5PM (except holidays). The store saves an estimated 300 tons from the landfill each year.