Habitat for Humanity of Marion County

Our goal is to build 8-15 houses per year to provide families a stable environment to raise their children. Marion County has limited resources for affordable, rental houses or apartments, therefore providing families with their own homes with affordable monthly mortgage payments gives them the opportunity of homeownership instead of paying rent with no return at the end.
Once we raise the funds to build the homes, we will begin construction and move forward for the families who are currently living in substandard or overcrowded conditions. Habitat believes in providing people with the opportunity of homeownership provides a safer place for their children, a backyard to play in and their own rooms to live and grow. To add, Habitat provides educational training classes on budgeting, home repairs, finance to list a few to enable our homeowners to maintain their home for their lifetime.
The families are also monitored throughout the program and through the life of the mortgage since Habitat for Humanity usually holds the mortgage until the loan is satisfied. Training can be provided if a family begins to struggle with finances to assist them in getting back on their feet.

Habitat for Humanity of Marion County will hosts several fundraising events, appeal campaigns, awareness campaigns, invite potential sponsors to the construction site for a "Wall Raising " ceremonies to help raise funding for construction of a new Habitat home or to rehabilitate other homes. We want our donors/sponsors to know what their donation is being used for which is construction costs and zero percent towards administrative costs.
We host awareness campaigns to provide potential donors information about the working operations of Habitat for Humanity and how we provide homes with affordable monthly mortgage payments to working families.
Habitat will host events, speak to groups and organizations and invite donors to the construction site to be apart of changing someone's life forever with every nail they hammer or wall they raise to provide a home for a family.

Habitat for Humanity will meet the goals they established with continue effort to provide awareness of the mission and what Habitat was created for, build homes for our family partners and try to eliminate homelessness or people living in substandard conditions from the face of the earth. Hosting annual fundraisers will provide awareness and additional funds to move forward with construction of houses in our county.
With dedicated volunteers, donors, staff and organizations giving a helping hand, Habitat for Humanity of Marion County will be able to accomplish this goal.

We have raised enough funds to build twelve homes through campaign funds, appeals, donations and events. In August 2019 we will close on four Habitat homes and raise the walls on three homes. The future homeowners have been dedicated to completing their 500+ sweat equity hours and completing the required training classes to meet the criteria to receive their Habitat homes. Each home that is completed, the family will receive their home along with a House Blessing ceremony where all volunteers come and witness as the family receives the house keys for the first time. This could not be accomplished without donated funds and our dedicated volunteers.
The families are excited to have the opportunity of homeownership as them could not have accomplished this without the Habitat Homeownership Program. Most partners were paying high rent and living paycheck to paycheck, the Habitat homes comes with affordable mortgage payments based on the family’s income, this will give them the chance to set some money aside for their children and to build a savings account.