Since 1991, through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, the Georgetown affiliate has built 54 homes in Sussex County. Seventy seven adults and 142 children live in Habitat homes.

The philosophy is simple: Habitat provides a "hand-up, not a hand-out." Families are selected on the basis of the need for housing, ability to pay a no-profit, no-interest mortgage, and their willingness to partner.  Homeowner candidates invest sweat equity by helping to build their homes and the homes of others. Mortgage payments go into Habitat’s "Fund for Humanity" and are used to build more houses with more families in the future.

To read SCHFH's Four Year Plan to serve 87 families, click here.

What are you doing next year?  A Year of Service has benefits that last a lifetime.  
Join SCHFH's AmeriCorps team!  Click here for more details!

Local contractor Jack Hogan is riding across the country on his bike this summer to support SCHFH.  
Click here to read his story and sponsor his ride!

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Read Touched by Volunteerism

Click here to view Building Community: Partnering for Affordable Housing, a documentary produced by local filmmaker Mike Short. The film shows the need for affordable housing in Sussex County, Delaware, and illustrates what Habitat and others are doing to meet this need.