Mission: Serving Stark, Carroll, Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Jefferson Counties, Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio is driven by the vision that everyone needs a decent place to live. People partner with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable zero interest mortgage. Through financial support, volunteering, or adding a voice to support affordable housing, everyone can help families achieve the strength, stability, and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Through shelter, Habitat empowers. To learn more, visit habitateco.org
Results: We have helped more than 540 families purchase their own safe, decent homes with an affordable 0% interest mortgages.
Target demographics: We work to eliminate poverty housing by building and renovating homes to create decent, affordable housing with low to moderate income families and individuals.
Geographic areas served: We serve the Ohio counties of Stark, Carroll, Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Jefferson
Programs: We partner with low to moderate income families and individuals to provide an opportunity for homeownership that would not otherwise be possible. Future homeowners work beside volunteers to build their home and then purchase it with a 20-30 year, ZERO interest mortgage.
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Professional with expertise in this field
09/19/2018
Rating: 5
09/19/2018
I am consistently amazed by how much of an impact this ministry makes on the lives of people in our community. Not only do families have the opportunity to purchase a home with Habitat, they get the tools to be successful homeowners too! Beyond that, volunteers have a space to share their talents with the community all while learning new skills! Habitat is a place of partnership and hope.
This is by far the best Habitat affiliate in the state of Ohio. Everybody from the staff to the volunteers are the most genuine, kind, and giving people. The hope they provide to families in this region is powerful - you can feel it the moment you step onto a work site. Amazing organization - I forever wish them nothing but the best.
aha5384
Professional with expertise in this field
09/08/2018
Rating: 5
09/08/2018
This organization is so transparent about their mission and how they make it all happen. Every new thing I learn about Habitat makes me believe in it more! They are improving families and communities through real love and hope every day!
Philsgpa
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity ECO gives a great opportunity to work alongside the families who are going through the program as they put in their "sweat equity" hours (between 250 and 500 are required). There are many ways to get involved, from helping on construction sites, teaching classes, being a Financial Money Mentor, or just baking cookies or providing a hot lunch for a volunteer group. Some volunteers enjoy stocking shelves with donated merchandise at the ReStore. Go over and see how you can help make a difference in the lives of a local family. It's fun and very rewarding.
ugaromero
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
This Habitat affiliate in East Central Ohio has been an inspiration for hundreds of families across three different counties for over 30 years and they are still going strong!! Helping families, improving neighborhoods, building parks, holding social functions in these communities, they do it all. You'll never meet a staff of folks that are more friendly, open-minded, and loving than these that work and volunteer at Habitat ECO.
Helping out these families is such an amazing feeling! To know that you played a part in building a child's future by helping the entire family is truly rewarding!
danigirl17
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio is a truly unique place. Hope and love reside here in the hearts and minds of all of the staff, volunteers, partner families and community members who are a part of every day. You can't walk in the doors without feeling like you are in the right place at the right time to do some good and be of help to others.
Joncrabbs
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
Habitat helps families in need overcome their situation to get a hand up in life. They have helped over 500 families in our communities and are an organization that does so much good for so many
Cvbrown12608
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
Habitat for Humanity ECO is a phenomenal organization that brings people together from all walks of life to focus on the goal of eliminating poverty housing in their community. It's the true definition of Kingdom work!
musickevin
Professional with expertise in this field
09/07/2018
Rating: 5
09/07/2018
Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio is changing the face of our community through decent, affordable housing — and I love that it's a hand up, not a hand out!