Habitat Family Opportunities

Becoming A Habitat Family
Anyone interested in becoming a Habitat for Humanity of Southeastern Connecticut must attend an Applicant Information Session in order to obtain a pre-application. Applicant Information Sessions are generally held twice a year, when HFHSECT is ready to begin selecting families for upcoming building projects. Applicant Information Sessions are open to the public and are advertised through the newspaper. If you would like to be notified when the next Applicant Information Session will be please click here, choose Homeowner Information and submit the requested information.

Feeling At Home

The Habitat for Humanity staff are here to answer your questions. Even if the Habitat for Humanity program is not the right fit for your family information may be available for additional programs who may be able to help.

BECOMING A HABITAT FAMILY

The Program

The selection process

Pre-applications can only be obtained by attending and Applicant Information Session. For more information on this click here.

Completed pre-applications are to be turned in by the established deadline. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. A $20.00 - $25.00 credit check fee and completed authorization form must accompany the pre-application.They will then be evaluated.

Once they are evaluated you applicants will be notified through a letter if they are invited to fill out the full application or if the Habitat for Humanity program is not the right fit for their family at this time.

Complete applications will be returned to the Habitat for Humanity office by the established due date. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

If your application meets the income guidelines and financial requirements, someone from the family selection team will schedule a home visit with your family.

The family selection committee will meet after all family visits have been completed. They will assess all applicant families needs, finances and recommend families to the Executive Director and Board of Directors for final approval.

Once this is completed the applicants will be notified. This process may take up to 3 months.

The criteria

The three criteria used for selection of Partner Families are as follows:

(1) Need for adequate housing;

some examples:

Overcrowded conditions
Deteriorated building conditions
Over 30% of income used for housing cost

(2) Household income, see below

(3) Willingness to work 400 hours (sweat equity) toward building a home, attending workshops, and partnering with Habitat to share in the work of the organization.

Income Guidelines

We encourage poorly housed people with no way to buy a home on their own to apply. We want people who are serious about house payments, home maintenance and Habitat .

These guidelines are based on the January 2012 HUD Median Income data for Norwich-New London, CT Area. The HUD 30% of Median and Very Low Income for Norwich-New London, CT area were used as the Habitat Minimum and Maximum guidelines respectively.

To be notified when the next Applicant Information Session will be click here, choose Homeownership and submit the requested information.

Below are Habitat Families and Future Habitat Families. Read in their own words what this opportunity means to them.

The family bios are written before they move into their Habitat Home.

The Werling Family

The Welsh Family