The application window opens in February, 2012.  If you are interested in being considered for the Habitat program, contact our office manager at (989) 496-0900, or fill out the form below, to sign up!

The Applicant Selection Process Application

• Applications are taken once a year at an informational meeting.
• The applicant family must fill out and submit an application by the specified deadline date.
• The Family Selection Committee will review the application to verify that prospective families meet the selection criteria. (Most criteria are set by Habitat for Humanity International.) A team of two individuals from the Family Selection Committee will visit the applicant at home to interview the family and verify details on the application.
• Once all eligible applicants have been visited, the Committee ranks the applicants and makes a recommendation to the Board.
• The Board makes the final decision and notifies the applicants by mail and personal visits.

Criteria for Eligibility
Applicants are judged on housing need, ability to pay for Habitat housing and willingness to partner with Habitat.

The selection of families who will purchase homes from Midland County Habitat for Humanity will be done by the Family Selection committee in a way that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, age, handicap, religion, marital status or because all or part of applicant’s income is derived from public assistance programs.

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• The applicant family must fill out and submit an application by the specified deadline date.
• Applicant cannot be eligible for a conventional housing loan.
• If the applicant is undergoing divorce, the divorce must be final at the time of application.
• Applicant must have a family income of 30 – 50% of the Midland County median income (see chart below).
• Applicant family must be willing to work 400 hours (300 hours for single parent families) on Habitat projects (this is called sweat equity). One hundred hours must be completed prior to beginning construction on their home.
• The applicant must show the ability to live on a budget and keep a house in good condition.
• Shared custody of children must be described.
  

_Any time a member of a MCHFH Provisional Partner Family (PPF) does work which counts toward sweat equity, the time must be recorded and signed by the person supervising their work. If the work is not signed, it cannot be counted. The signed Sweat Equity Time Sheets must be turned into the Habitat Office so they can be recorded. A copy can be made for the PPF records if requested. The PPF must complete 100 hours of sweat equity before MCHFH will agree to build them a house. The PPF refers to the people who will be living in the house.

A single-parent family must complete a total of 300 hours (100 by the PPF before building starts, a minimum of 100 by the PPF, a maximum of 100 by friends and family of PPF.) A two-parent family must complete 400 hours (100 by the PPF before building starts, a minimum of 150 by the PPF, a maximum of 150 by friends and family of PPF.)