Family Selection

Habitat Family Selection Criteria

To qualify you must have a housing need. For example: no indoor plumbing, poor heating, leaks in the roof, overcrowding (three to a bedroom), unsafe or unsanitary conditions.
You need to have a minimum steady, total household income.
With your permission, we will verify employment and other income, verify checking and savings account balances, get a statement from your current and previous landlords, have a credit check done, and ask you for credit references.
If you are approved for a Habitat home, we ask that you be willing to join in educational programs to learn and practice budgeting, home repair, and maintenance. We ask that you attend periodic Habitat for Humanity meetings and functions.
If approved for a Habitat home, we require that all adults (18 years and older) in your household be willing to work 300 hours of sweat equity, with a maximum of 400 hours per household. The sweat equity must be completed before you’re permitted to move into your home.
If approved for a Habitat home, $700.00 will be needed for your closing. You will have some time to save this money before closing if your family is selected.
If you are approved for a home and if you meet the sweat-equity and financial requirements, then we will sell you a home with no profit. Habitat house payments include taxes and insurance, but are interest-free, and will cost approximately $650 a month (*only an estimate). The house payments are used by Habitat of Boone County to build more houses with other families. This requires that you make these payments on time.

The Selection Process

When a new project opens up, interested families are invited to an Applicants Orientation meeting, followed by a series of interviews by the Family Selection Committee. This committee is comprised of volunteers who review the applications and work with applicants to assemble all required information. The process includes a credit check, requests made for references, income tax forms, pay stubs and other documentationIf the family selection committee feels that applicants are ready and qualified to become Habitat homeowners, their applications are submitted to the Board of Directors for consideration. This process may take up to six months to complete.

Equal Opportunity Housing

Habitat for Humanity of Boone County is pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

If you have reviewed the Selection Criteria and believe you qualify, we encourage you to complete the Housing Interest Form in order to keep your information on file.