Mission Statement

Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County, Inc. works in partnership with God's people in need to build affordable, safe and decent housing.

South Sarasota Habitat for Humanity

By joining together as neighbors, we can change the future of families in need and give their children a fair chance for a life of hope.

Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota Co., Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a better community, one house at a time.

Habitat for Humanity offers the dream of home ownership to those who would otherwise not be able to afford a home of their own. The new homeowners actually help to build the house alongside many dedicated volunteers in the community. Habitat sells the house to the homeowner at cost and finances the mortgage at zero interest.

Habitat provides capital, not charity. It creates a stable environment for children, safe and communal neighborhoods that work and grow together. Local churches, businesses, individuals, foundations and civic organizations work together in our community to make this dream come true.

Be involved in this great endeavor. Join us as neighbors, making a monetary contribution swinging a hammer, or wielding a paintbrush, we can help families improve their housing…we can help families climb out of poverty. We can change the future of families in need and give their children a fair chance for a life of hope.

Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota Co., Inc. is an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a non-profit, ecumenical, Christian organization. All contributions are tax-deductible.

Habitat For Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. Habitat works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing. The houses then are sold to those in need, Habitat's partner families, at no profit and with no interest charged. Partner families invest hundreds of hours of their own labor -- sweat equity -- into building their homes and the homes of others. Their mortgage payments go into a revolving Fund for Humanity that is used to build more houses.

Founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller along with his wife Linda, and headquartered in Americas, Ga, HFHI's work in the United States is accomplished by affiliates. Habitat affiliates are independent, nonprofit [501(c) (3)] organizations that are organized by local citizens and operate with local boards and local volunteers. There are more 1,300 U.S. affiliates spread among all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers provide most of the labor, and faithful individual and corporate donors provide the money and materials to build Habitat houses.

Habitat's mission is to eliminate poverty housing from the earth. Habitat has taken its vision of a world with no more shacks to 53 nations. To date, HFHI has completed nearly 60,000 simple, decent, affordable houses around the globe.