Habitat for Humanity-Grand Traverse Region
Cause Area
- Advocacy & Human Rights
- Community
- Emergency & Safety
- Environment
- Homeless & Housing
Location
1129 Woodmere Ave Suite FTraverse City, MI 49686 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which every person can experience God's love and can live and grow into all that God intends.
Description
Habitat for Humanity Grand Traverse Region is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. We serve northern Michigan's Grand Traverse,Leelanau and Kalkaska counties.
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses.
Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor--sweat equity--into building their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage payments go into a revolving Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses.