Apply for a Habitat Home

Dream of owning your own home?

Help build a home of your own - apply today to become a Habitat for Humanity of Summit County Partner Family.

Requirements for Habitat for Humanity homeownership:

1. Need for adequate shelter
2. Ability to pay the monthly mortgage which averages between $450 and $550 per month
3. Have a total debt to income ratio of 39% or less (divide monthly debt by monthly income)
4. Willingness to partner with Habitat for 250 hours of sweat equity per adult by building homes and attending educational classes for homeownership
5. Decent and responsible credit including:
   a. Bankruptcy fully discharged for one year
   b. No court ordered debt
6. All family members to live in the home must pass background check

Applications may be downloaded and printed out from the link below or picked up from our office during regular business hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

To complete an application, you will need to know the following information:

1. Gross Monthly Income (income before taxes are taken out)
2. Monthly Expenses
3. Long Term Expenses (i.e. credit cards, car loans, student loans)
4. Landlord Information - name, address and telephone number

We do not provide emergency housing. The entire process for a Habitat home, should an applicant be approved, can take anywhere from 12 to 24 months to complete.

Click here to download application

Click here for information about Habitat's A Brush with Kindness home repair program.