Thanks to the support our community, we will be welcoming a Habitat Partner Family into their new home this winter!
As we enter our Season of Giving Campaign, our goal is to raise $100,000 by December 31st to empower more hard-working households like the Alvarado Family to achieve their dreams of purchasing their own affordable home. Would you be willing to make a special year-end contribution to help families build strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter? Your gift moves us closer to our vision where everyone has a decent place to live.
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Donate
Your generous donation will create strength, stability and self-reliance for low-income families in Snohomish County. Together with businesses, civic groups, faith organizations, volunteers, and the community, you can help us create a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
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Volunteer
At Habitat Snohomish, volunteers have the opportunity to be a part of the change they want to see in their community. Volunteers support all aspects of our organization through their valuable contributions to home construction and home repair projects, stores, committees, and administration.
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Shop
Our nonprofit Habitat Stores serve the community by supplying affordable materials for a wide range of home improvement projects. Our community of volunteers, customers, donors, and staff come together to support our mission to build homes, community and hope.
Our Challenge
Affordable Housing Is No Longer a Reality
Since 2005, homeownership has decreased by 9.3% in Snohomish County
Snohomish County renters need to earn 2.5 times minimum wage to afford the average asking rent
1 out of 3 students in Snohomish County school districts experienced homelessness or was unhoused, and/or fell under “low income”.
Our Solution
Habitat Homeownership
Through our Homeownership Program, qualified homebuyers partner with Habitat and the community to help build their own houses by putting in sweat equity and purchasing their homes with an affordable mortgage.
Home Repair Service
Through critical roof replacements, exterior weatherization, accessibility ramp builds, and more, we serve our community’s at-risk homeowners. We believe that keeping a homeowner in their existing affordable home is just as important as creating a new one.
Habitat Stores
Our non-profit Habitat Stores work to provide low-cost, high-quality building and home improvement materials to the community. All proceeds from our stores go directly back to funding our mission of providing homes, community, and hope.
Bayside Home Build
About the build:
Construction activities at our Bayside Home project are running at full speed! We are deeply grateful to Amor Roofing and GAF Roofing for generously donating all materials and labor for the roof install.
As this home takes shape, we’d like to reflect on how far we’ve come, and on the countless hours of work that our volunteers have contributed. We couldn’t do it without them.
About the Family:
Ivan and Eli Alvarado had been saving for years towards a down payment to purchase their first house until a recent spinal injury and surgery limited Eli’s ability to work, derailing their dream of owning a home. While recovering from surgery, Eli regularly carried her youngest child up four flights of stairs, often wet from rain, to their upper-floor apartment. Through contributions from our Habitat community, the Alvarado Family will have an opportunity to purchase their own affordable single-level home where Ivan and Eli can build their future and their three young children can freely play.
Homeowner Stories
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Roof Replacement
Snohomish
“It took such a load off my mind. Without Habitat’s help I would have to continue what I’ve been doing for far too long, which is waiting and hoping the roof would make it through the next winter without failing completely.” - Vicki Rode
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Accessibility Ramp
Lake Stevens
“Now it’s easy for me to get Fiona outside. She loves going to new places. I get emotional thinking about how much of a game changer it’s going to be for our family.” - Eric Werner
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Roof Replacement
Brier
“It was a miracle for us. I mean, how did that happen? He (Construction Manager Chris Anderson) just came out, assessed everything and said, ‘We’re going to do this for you and the community is going to help me.’” - Dee Grayson
