The Gwinnett Habitat Story
Inspired by the success of Habitat for Humanity, which since its founding in 1976 has provided housing for more than a million people, a group of citizens decided to take on the need for affordable housing in Gwinnett County.
In 1988 they founded Gwinnett Habitat, and since then we’ve helped to meet that need, one family at a time. Our partnerships with local businesses, churches, and volunteers from all walks of life have constructed more than 85 new homes, and put 150 children in Gwinnett County schools!
Now, as we enter our 20th year, we’re aiming higher than ever. We plan to double our home production in 2008, going from six homes to twelve and putting 30 more children in Gwinnett schools.
We’re also building town homes for the first time — the first Gwinnett Habitat neighborhood!
The need for affordable housing has risen in the two decades since Gwinnett Habitat began. And the cost of construction has risen dramatically, too.
But Gwinnett Habitat is committed to be part of the solution, for as long as it takes, until the time when no family in Gwinnett County has to raise children in unsafe, sub-standard conditions.
With your help, we can do it!