We serve Baltimore, Cavendish, Chester, Grafton, Ludlow, Springfield, Weathersfield, and Weston. For other communities, please go to habitat.org to see the other affiliates operating in Vermont.

No, but we do know people who may be able to help.

For land inquiries, including sales and donations, please contact infospringfieldhabitat@vermontel.net.

For questions regarding our projects, please direct them to infospringfieldhabitat@vermontel.net.

We do not give homes away for free. We partner with individuals and families from application through construction to when the keys are handed over.

By working with us from beginning to end, we can help prospective individuals prepare for the various responsibilities of homeownership, including learning about personal finances, mortgages, maintenance and upkeep of homes, and much more.

Habitat’s path to homeownership is an important and in-depth process, requiring hard work, time and dedication. But this helps to ensure the long-term success of Habitat homeowners.

Anyone can apply for a home. Habitat follows a nondiscriminatory policy of homebuyer selection. Neither race nor religion is a factor.

Habitat homeowners must be active participants in building a better home and future for themselves and their families. Every Habitat home is an investment. For us, it is one answer to a critical need, and we believe that stronger homes will create stronger communities.

• Prospective Habitat homeowners must demonstrate a need for safe, affordable housing. Need varies from community to community.

• Prospective households are low to moderate income. We serve families whose income does not exceed 60% of the area median income as defined for the area by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Homeowner eligibility and selection take place at the local level and it can vary from community to community.

• Once selected, Habitat homeowners must partner with us throughout the process. This partnership includes performing “sweat equity,” or helping to build their own home or the homes of others in our homeownership program. Sweat equity can also include taking homeownership classes or performing volunteer work in a Habitat ReStore.

• Homeowners must also be able and willing to pay an affordable mortgage. Habitat makes a reasonable effort to ensure that an affordable mortgage does not exceed 30% of the homeowner’s gross monthly income. Mortgage payments are cycled back into the community to help build additional Habitat houses.