• Provide simple decent housing for low income families;
• Make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action; and 
• Bear witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout West Central Minnesota.

Habitat for Humanity of West Central Minnesota (HFHWCM) was founded in Kandiyohi County in 1993.  Since its inception, four additional counties have joined the affiliate—Chippewa, Meeker, Renville, and Swift Counties.  Just as the mission of Habitat for Humanity International is to eliminate sub-standard housing across the planet, the mission of HFHWCM is to eliminate sub-standard housing in our affiliate area.  This is accomplished by partnering with qualifying families, working side by side with them, teaching them home building and maintenance skills, and then selling the homes to them at no profit and 0% interest.  100% of the mortgage payments we receive from our partner families go into future builds in the same counties.

To date we have placed 53 families in homes, and have recently picked up the pace.  We anticipate the completion of 3 more homes in 2008.

Habitat for Humanity is a grassroots movement.  Concerned citizens from all walks of life come together as volunteers to form a Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) affiliate in their community.  HFHI’s headquarters office, located in Americus, Georgia, USA, provides information, training, and a variety of other support services to Habitat affiliates worldwide.  Fundraising, house construction, family selection and other key decisions are carried out by the local affiliates.  There are thirty-five HFH affiliates in Minnesota.  

 “After serving as President of the United States, Rosalynn and I believed it was important for us to continue to make a meaningful contribution to people’s lives.  And we have, with Habitat for Humanity.  We believe in Habitat’s integrity, effectiveness, and tremendous vision.  With Habitat, we build more than houses.  We build families, communities, and hope.”
--Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, on the Carters’ long-standing partnership with Habitat for Humanity

 “It’s impossible to tap the enthusiasm, the sense of civic responsibility and duty, and even religious zeal that comes with the Habitat workers.  The truth is they touch lives in profound ways far beyond the bricks and mortar associated with building the houses.”
--Henry Cisneros, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development