Mission

Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg partners with area families, local government, businesses, faith groups, schools, associations and individual volunteers and donors to build and renovate affordable homes for sale to qualifying families.

An ecumenical group of individuals formed this local affiliate in 1985. We started our first home in 1986 and, since then, our affiliate has constructed and renovated over 200 houses in our local community!

What We Do

Habitat for Humanity Peninsula and Greater Williamsburg is located in Newport News, VA. We are a non-profit home builder, building homes for families of low-income means. Our first-time home buyer program is a hand up, not a hand out. Our families go through an application and selection process. Once selected, they have to perform 200 hours of sweat equity, maintain steady employment and good credit. They also have to take our mandatory home ownership classes. Then they have to pay their monthly mortgage on time. These monthly mortgages are then recycled to build more Habitat homes.