Mission & Vision

Habitat for Humanity North Simcoe is a community-based, non-profit, faith-based organization working for a world where everyone has a safe and decent place to live. Our mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting homeownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty.

The organization was founded in 2001 as a chapter of Huronia North West and became the North Simcoe afilliate of Habitat for Humanity in 2006. Our local affiliate, is part of Habitat for Humanity Canada, a worldwide network that spans 100 countries, has built over 200,000 homes, and is now building a new home every 24 minutes.

Guiding Principles

We believe that access to safe, decent and affordable housing is a basic human right that should be available to all. Without adequate shelter, a normal human existence in society is impossible.

Habitat is non-discriminatory, involving people from a broad spectrum of social, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds. Habitat reduces the cost of new homes by using modest designs, donated materials, volunteer labour, minimal marketing expenses and by reinvesting all mortgage payments received from homeowners back into the program, thus helping more families in the future.

Habitat provides a hand up, rather than a handout and is not a giveaway program. It is a partnership involving our partner families, corporate and individual donors, faith groups, and volunteers. Donors, families and volunteers are co-workers on an equal footing, contributing from their own experience and abilities to the good of all.

Habitat reduces barriers to homeownership by selling Habitat homes with no down-payment, no-interest mortgages and setting affordable mortgage payments. Homeowner training and support services are provided. To qualify for this program, homebuyers must be able to demonstrate their need, be able to carry a mortgage, and contribute a minimum of 500 hours of sweat equity into building their own home or providing other assistance to Habitat for Humanity.