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Equal Housing Opportunity Statement

Habitat does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, color, sex, disabilities, family status, sexual orientation, marital status, age or source of income.  We select families who live in substandard living conditions, who have low-incomes, and who demonstrate to partner with us and live in the community.

Eligibility

You may be eligible for a Habitat house if you:

• Live in substandard or overcrowded housing.

• Are willing to partner with us to build your house.  Habitat partner families do 500 hours of ‘sweat equity’ work building their own and other Habitat houses.

• Fall within the annual income guidelines below (includes wages, SSI, TANF, and child support):

Application Process

If all three of the eligibility requirements to the left apply to you and you would like to apply for a Habitat house, please read the directions below to apply for your appropriate area.

For the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula area: If you wish to apply for a home in the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula area, please call the office for an application. Please make sure to note that you are applying in the Gig Harbor/Key Peninsula area.

In Tacoma: If you wish to apply for a home in the Tacoma area you MUST attend ONE of Habitat’s application meetings. Please read the entire section below for important information about what to bring with you to the meeting!

Application meetings are held twice per year, once in the fall and once in the spring.

If you would like to receive this information by mail, please send us your name, address, and phone number. Email us or call the Habitat office at 253-627-5626. 

To begin the application process, we request that you bring COPIES (do not bring the originals) of the following documents to the application meeting:

• Birth certificates for family or immigration documents

• Drivers Licenses for all family members that drive

• Social Security cards for the family

• Year 2006 and 2007 Federal Tax return (including W-2s)

• Proof of stable income (paycheck stubs, SSI, TANF statements, etc.)

• A credit report from all three credit agencies.

You may obtain a free credit report by visiting www.annualcreditreport.com or by calling 1-887-322-8228.

• Rent receipt or lease (to show current expense)

• List of debts (what you owe on bills—car or student loans, credit cards, medical bills, etc.)

• Insurance statements

It takes 1-6 months for Habitat’s Family Selection Team to screen an application.  Your case will move more quickly if you bring all of the requested information to the meeting.