Habitat for Humanity Toronto

Building Homes. Building Hope.

Building Homes. Building Hope.

One House at a Time.

Habitat for Humanity Toronto builds simple, decent and affordable housing for families in need in our community. We offer a hand up, not a hand out. 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.

Habitat for Humanity Values the following:

Housing for all: We believe that access to safe, decent and affordable housing is a basic human right that should be available to all.

Human dignity: We believe in the worth and dignity of every human being. We respect the people we serve and those that help us in this effort and recognize them as our greatest resource.

Partnership: We believe we can best achieve our mission through meaningful and mutually beneficial partnerships with others.

Faith in action: We believe that faith is lived through action. We serve and work with people of all faiths and beliefs in a spirit of justice and compassion.

Diversity and Inclusiveness: We believe there is a role for everyone committed to our vision, mission and values and we seek to enrich our organization through diversity.

We help families who:

• • currently live in substandard housing
• • are willing to volunteer 500 hours of “sweat equity”
• • will repay a zero-down payment, interest-free mortgage over 25 years

Mortgage payments from Habitat homeowners go directly into a trust to build more Habitat homes. For every 15 homes we build in Toronto, we can build one home per year from the mortgage income alone. Our model empowers families to help families.