Habitat for Humanity houses are built with volunteer labor and to the greatest extent possible with donated materials

We are an organization based on helping people help themselves. We offer a hand-up, not a handout. To become a mortgage holder and tax-paying property owner, each homeowner is expected to provide 300 hours of sweat equity and a small down payment.

In a survey of donors, Habitat for Humanity received an approval ratio of between 8 and 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10). The next closest organization was the Red Cross with a score of 7.

A gift to the Mt Washington Valley affiliate of Habitat for Humanity is also a gift to the community as mortgage money paid by current homeowners is reinvested in the community in new homes in the future.