• a grassroots Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to the elimination of poverty and substandard housing worldwide.
  
• believes that every person deserves, at least, a simple and decent place in which to live and grow into all that God intends for them to be
  
• builds or renovates houses in partnership with families who qualify for homeownership based on three criteria: need, a willingness to partner with HFH and an ability to repay a no-interest mortgage
  
• works with people of all faiths and people of no faith
  
• sells its houses at no profit, with no interest charged
  
• has built and renovated over 225,000 houses worldwide since 1976

History
Founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing and homelessness worldwide and to making adequate, affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people from all faiths and walks of life to work together in partnership, building houses with families in need.

How We Do it
Through volunteer labor and tax-deductible donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, no-interest loans. The homeowners' monthly mortgage payments are recycled into a revolving Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses.

Did You Know? Greater Lycoming HabiFAQS

• Became an Affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International in 1989
• Includes the counties of Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga, Bradford, and portions of Clinton
• Has provided homes to more than 40 families to date.
• Helps homeowners buy their home with a 0% Mortgage.
• Requires all homeowners put "sweat equity," 250 hours for a single parent family and 500 hours for a family of two adults.
• Children with Honor Roll Recognition can use this as "credit" towards their parent's home.
• Over 10,000 volunteer hours performed annually.
• Average mortgage is 30 years
• Since 2005, all of our new homes have achieved 5 Star + energy ratings
• All appliances in ou new homes are Energy Star rated.
• House payments are used for the construction of additional affordable Habitat housing.
• Average monthly electric bills for homeowners are less than $100
• 8 Volunteer Commitees exist within out Affiliate.
• Over 35,000 People in Lycoming County rent their home
• There are over 14,000 people in Lycoming County living in poverty - including over 4,200 children

Just For Thought! Habitat for Humanity International.

• Fastest building time for a Habitat house: 3 hours, 26 minutes, 34 seconds (Built by Shelby County HFH, Helena, Ala., Dec 12, 2002)
• Is in 90 countries around the world.
• Habitat Affiliates are in every state in the United States.
• There currently are more than 2,300 Affiliates in the US and an additional 550 international Affiliates in more than 90 countries.
• HFH ranked #1 lowest cost builder in the US (Professional Builder)
• Homeowners have a foreclosure rate of less than 2%
• More than 300,000 houses built worldwide.
• For an average three bedroom home roughly 40,760 nails, about 600 pieces of lumber, and about 50 gallons of paint are used.
• HFH ranked #14 largest homebuilder in the U.S. in units completed in 1990 (Builder Magazine, May 2008 Issue)