Organization: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE
Mission: SEEKING TO PUT GOD'S LOVE INTO ACTION, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO BUILD HOMES, COMMUNITIES, AND HOPE.
Activities: IN FEBRUARY 2020, OUR TOWNS HABITAT AND HABITAT CHARLOTTE MERGED, BECOMING HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF THE CHARLOTTE REGION, THE 3RD LARGEST IN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY'S NETWORK OF OVER 1,000 AFFILIATES. LED BY PRESIDENT AND CEO, LAURA BELCHER, WE ARE MORE COMMITTED THAN EVER TO OPTIMIZE SERVICE DELIVERY TO FAMILIES FROM PINEVILLE TO STATESVILLE, PLANNING TO SERVE MORE THAN 270 FAMILIES NEXT FISCAL YEAR. BY COMBINING RESOURCES AND OPERATING MORE EFFICIENTLY, WE WILL SAVE APPROXIMATELY $600,000 PER YEAR, EQUATING TO $6 MILLION MORE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS TO INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP.DURING FY20, HABITAT CHARLOTTE REGION HELPED AREA FAMILIES THROUGH BUILDING 43 NEW HOMES, COMPLETING 80 CRITICAL HOME REPAIR (CHR) PROJECTS ON OLDER, OWNER-OCCUPIED HOMES, AND RENOVATING AND SELLING 14 RECYCLED HOMES TO HABITAT HOMEOWNERS OR 80% AREA MEDIAN INCOME AREA BUYERS. WE DELIVERED OUR MONEY MATTERS EXPANDED FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM TO 65 FIRST-TIME HABITAT HOMEBUYER APPLICANTS AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS. PROPERTY TAXES PAID BY HABITAT CHARLOTTE HOMEOWNERS IN FY'20 TOTALED $1,203,935, THUS BRINGING THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF PROPERTY TAXES PAID SINCE THE AFFILIATE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1983 TO $18,466,203.IN DECEMBER 2019, PRIOR TO THE MERGER, HABITAT CHARLOTTE REACHED THE MILESTONE OF SERVING ITS 2,000TH FAMILY SINCE OUR INCEPTION IN 1983. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR HABITAT CHARLOTTE REGION WILL COMPLETE ITS 1,000TH CRITICAL HOME REPAIR PROJECT.
NTEE category: Housing & Shelter
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building