Our Mission
Habitat for Humanity Sudbury District is a community based, non-profit, faith-based organization working for a world where everyone has a safe and healthy place to live. Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means of breaking the cycle of poverty. With Habitat we build more than just houses. We build families, communities and hope.
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Selection Criteria
The three criteria to qualify for a Habitat home are:
1.Need for affordable housing.
2.Ability to repay a Habitat mortgage.
3.Willingness to partner with Habitat.
Establishing Need
Need for affordable housing is defined by a family income that is below the government-set
Low Income Cut-Off (poverty line) for their particular region, and existing living conditions
that are inadequate in terms of structure, cost, safety or size.The ratio of shelter
expense to total income is also factored
Ability to repay
Ability to repay a Habitat mortgage requires that the family has a stable income sufficient to
cover the monthly mortgage payments and other expenses that come with home ownership.
Homeowners must demonstrate a willingness to partner with Habitat by contributing 500 hours of
volunteer labor (sweat = equity)
Families are chosen on the basis of the above criteria.
Family selection occurs at the local affiliate by way of an application process which
is non-discriminatory and applications are invited from low-income families from any ethnic, social
or religious background or family structure.
For more information on how to apply, visit the Application FAQ's page
We will be starting our Family Selections process this fall - if you would like to send us an application please send it to