What is Home Preservation?Home Preservation is a program that aids low-income homeowners who struggle to maintain their homes due to age, disability, and/or family circumstances. Work done by our Home Preservation program might include painting, landscaping, or making changes to accommodate an aging homeowner. Recently we've been focusing on an age in place mentality by making minor changes to help homeowners whose accessibility needs are changing with age. Habitat for Humanity coordinates volunteers and sweat equity hours contributed by the owner to make improvements. We work with families to come up with affordable financing plans and provide 0-interest loans to ensure that homeowners are not cost-burdened by completing these necessary improvements to their homes. The Home Preservation program allows Habitat for Humanity to extend its reach and help more families take care of and stay in their homes.
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Apply for Home Preservation
The eligibility criteria for home preservation partner families requires that:
For more in-depth eligibility guidelines click here.
If you're interested in our home preservation program, fill out the form below and let us know what project(s) you need done and any questions you have. We'll help you figure out if you're eligible and help you through the application process.
If you choose to apply, you can download and fill out the application. You can also pick up an application in person at the Habitat office. Submitted applications can be mailed to our office or dropped off in person at the office or the ReStore during business hours.
If selected, you become a partner family with ICHFH, and agree to complete sweat equity (volunteer work with Habitat). We ask that all able-bodied residents work alongside volunteers. If physical labor is not possible, homeowners are able to serve as site host, work in the Habitat office or ReStore, help with fundraising, or give back to the community in other ways.
- Families own a home that is in need of minor repairs or renovations that the family is unable to afford or complete themselves.
- Families are willing to accept financial responsibility for the cost of repair materials. Habitat for Humanity works with families to come up with an affordable payment plan.
- Families are willing to partner with Habitat for Humanity by providing all required documents and completing sweat equity hours.
For more in-depth eligibility guidelines click here.
If you're interested in our home preservation program, fill out the form below and let us know what project(s) you need done and any questions you have. We'll help you figure out if you're eligible and help you through the application process.
If you choose to apply, you can download and fill out the application. You can also pick up an application in person at the Habitat office. Submitted applications can be mailed to our office or dropped off in person at the office or the ReStore during business hours.
If selected, you become a partner family with ICHFH, and agree to complete sweat equity (volunteer work with Habitat). We ask that all able-bodied residents work alongside volunteers. If physical labor is not possible, homeowners are able to serve as site host, work in the Habitat office or ReStore, help with fundraising, or give back to the community in other ways.
