Will County Habitat For Humanity Inc

Home preservation program: our home repair program is an outreach initiative that seeks to provide a wide range of opportunities for low to moderate-income homeowners, including veterans and seniors, who are struggling to maintain their homes due to age, disability, or family circumstances. We partner with families to help them reclaim their homes with pride and dignity. The program allows families to stay in the home where they live without being disrupted by the uncertainty, trauma, and expense of moving. Projects consist of interior and/or exterior repairs intended to increase accessibility and alleviate critical health and life safety issues, or code violations. Volunteer teams, along with subcontractors, work under the direction of habitat staff to complete the repairs.

Neighborhood revitalization program: through our neighborhood revitalization work, we tailor our efforts by partnering locally with residents, community leaders, and organizations to best address real concerns and improve the lives of the people who live there. Using a data-driven and customizable approach, we focus on first understanding the concerns of the residents and then empowering these residents to lead the projects they want to see. Alongside habitat, residents work with churches, schools, new and longstanding neighborhood coalitions, local government, and other community partners to achieve their goals. Because each neighborhood's challenges and aspirations are different, the framework acts as a guide that can be tailored to fit the goals of each community. That's why neighborhood revitalization can look like anything from developing public parks to organizing safety meetings with the local police department to rehabbing and reopening schools, stores, and homes.