Applying for a Habitat Hamilton House

How to Apply

To apply for a Habitat for Humanity Hamilton home, you must attend an Information Session. In this presentation, we will review the criteria and the application process. After questions and answers, we will hand out the application.

For announcements about upcoming Housing Information Sessions, please check our News page or click here to view the next meeting flyer.

Partnership Criteria

In order to qualify for a Habitat Hamilton home, you must meet the following criteria:

Need

• Families must be living in either substandard or overcrowded housing conditions or have high rent relative to your income.

Sweat Equity Requirement

• Families must be willing to volunteer 500 hours of “Sweat Equity”.  The hours can be accumulated by volunteering at the construction of their home, another Habitat build (prior to their home construction), at the Habitat Hamilton ReStore. They must also attend a series of workshops on home ownership.

Income Requirements

• Families must be able to afford a mortgage and not have an overwhelming amount of debt. They must be a legal resident of Canada for at least three years and be able to show a consistent work history for those three years.  Habitat Hamilton’s Family Selection Committee checks all family references.
• The entire family’s employment income and/or long-term disability (ODSP) income are considered. We do not accept families on Social Assistance or Unemployment.