Habitat for Humanity

of Mahoning County, Inc.

Habitat for Humanity of Mahoning County is a local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.

We are a faith-based, ecumenical, non-profit builder of simple, decent, and affordable homes in partnership with God's low-income people in our community.

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HOME RUN INFORMATION

Habitat for Humanity HOME RUN
5K & Fun Run

Results

Important Information for Prospective Homeowners!!!
We are now accepting applications!

If you are interested in being a homeowner you will need to download an application form (requires Acrobat Reader) and fill it out. In order to be eligible to participate in the program, prospective applicants MUST bring the completed application to one of the following orientation sessions.

  1. Thursday November 20th at 6:00pm; 480 Youngstown-Poland Rd, Struthers (ReStore)
    2. -OR-
  2. Saturday November 22nd at 10:00am; 480 Youngstown-Poland Rd, Struthers (ReStore)

Thank you sincerely for your interest. We look forward to working with you. Please remember that if you DO NOT come to an orientation you will need to wait until the next application process which could be more than 1 year away!

Our program helps low income people by partnering to build a simple, decent and affordable home. This is NOT a free home program. Interested families will be required to volunteer and then they will buy the home from Habitat for a 0% interest mortgage. The process takes time and will not help with immediate housing situations.

The following are the qualifications for our homeownership program:

  1. Need for Housing – you need to be living in an unfit situation (with family, over crowded, unsafe, unhealthy, overpriced, homeless)
  2. Ability to pay – Your credit and income must meet required levels
    1. Credit – No foreclosures, bankruptcies, or repossessions in the last 2 years.
    2. Income – You must be in the following income range.

      		3.

      Number of people in household

      1

      2

      3

      4

      5

      Min Yearly

      $12,400

      $14,150

      $15,950

      $17,770

      $19,100

      Min Monthly

      $1,033

      $1,179

      $1,329

      $1,475

      $1,592

      Max yearly

      $20,650

      $23,600

      $26,550

      $29,500

      $31,950

      Max monthly

      $1,721

      $1,967

      $2,213

      $2,458

      $2,654

  3. Willingness to partner – You must be willing to work 350 hours of sweat equity on construction projects. You must also be willing to BUY the home from Habitat at a rate that is calculated to be affordable for you and your family.

 

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On March 1, 2008 HfHMC and some 60 volunteers and invited guests joined Habitat partner/owner Jessica Candelaria in celebrating the dedication of her new home at 1147 Berwick Avenue in Youngstown. It was built through the joint efforts of the Habitat Women Build Committee and the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority's YouthBuild program.The home features four bedrooms, two baths, a full basement plus an attached garage. Other generous sponsors include First Energy, First Place Bank Community Foundation, the City of Youngstown, and Lowe's. This is the 25th house built by HfHMC since it was founded in 1989. THANK YOU to all of the dedicated volunteers and donors who made this needy family's dream become a reality!

Groundbreaking for the 27th Habitat-built house in Mahoning County took place on March 17, 2008 (St. Patrick's Day!) in Youngstown's St. Patrick Church neighborhood. Please call the church or our office (330-743-7244) for more information.

On March 22, 2008 HfHMC dedicated a new home at 1150 Dryden Avenue in Youngstown. Christina London and her family are the partner/owners of this home. This house was sponsored by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Mahoning County Lutheran community. Congratulations to our newest Partner/Owner

You can view progress photos by visiting our Construction Projects page.

If you are interested in volunteering to help build future Habitat houses, please visit the Get Involved page to find out more information. You can also contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Doris Hutch, at 330-757-4025 or dhutch4025@yahoo.com.