Internationally & Nationally…

Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian organization founded in 1976 by a successful Georgia lawyer, Millard Fuller.  As of 2008, Habitat has built more than 225,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1,000,000 people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. 

Locally…

In 1988, Tom Bryson, a retired county agent, collaborating with local citizens applied for and was granted affiliation. Since that time, Greenwood Area Habitat for Humanity (GAHFH) has built 54 homes in the Greenwood area for qualifying families. Using volunteer labor and tax-deductible donations of money and materials, GAHFH constructs these homes with the help of partner families.

Currently the hard costs of a home averages $50,000, which includes the cost of the lot. Once the homes are built, they are SOLD to partner families at no-profit and are financed with affordable, zero-interest loans at terms of 20 years. As our partner families make monthly mortgages payments, the funds are used to finance our local “Fund for Humanity” to build even more homes. In addition to the mortgage payments, we also receive funding from a wide variety of sources: churches, industry, businesses, the SC State Housing Authority, and our ReStore on Montague Extension.