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Home Ownership

Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County builds several houses each year. The actual building process usually takes four to nine months, but planning and organizing to build the home can take an additional six months, meaning the whole process can take up to a year. This is above and beyond the time it takes for a family to go through the selection and application process. See a video on YouTube here.

Income

Families must be making between 25-50% of Median Family Income (MFI). Find the number of people in your home in the chart below. Compare those income limits with your total gross monthly income (i.e., before taxes and other withholdings). To be eligible for a Habitat home, your income should fall between the low and high numbers for a family your size.

# of people in home	You must make at least this	But not more than this
1	$1,532	$1,825
2	$1,532	$2,090
3	$1,532	$2,347
4	$1,532	$2,611
5	$1,532	$2,819
6	$1,539	$3,078
7	$1,618	$3,236
8	$1,721	$3,442

If your family earns more more than shown here, please see the section on Homestead Corporation below.

Debt

Families cannot carry too much debt. Their debt-to-income ratio must be below 41%. Habitat partner families can have a maximum of 41% of their monthly income going to debt payments (including your mortgage payment). Lincoln Land Credit Counseling (239-4360) and Central Illinois Debt Management & Education Inc. (398-2227), both provide free credit counseling services and debt management programs for anyone in need. Their services are free and confidential.

Sweat Equity

Families must be willing to provide sweat equity on their homes. A single adult head of household must provide 250 hours of sweat equity; a two-adult head of household 500 hours. These hours can be worked on site, in the ReStore, and doing community outreach work. Other hours must be earned by attending homeowner education workshops on financing, budgeting, and home maintenance. Families meeting these requirements are then narrowed down based on need (i.e., severity of current housing situation).

To begin the process, please leave a message at 359-0507 x130 or office@cuhabitat.org

Home Builds

See Google map of our homes here. See a video on YouTube here.

1992	1.	Bell Family
1993	2.	Bui Family
1994	3.	Bernard Family
1995	4.	Tran/Nguyen Family
	5.	Warren Family
1996	6.	Washington Family in partnership with Target
	7.	Pelmore Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
1997	8.	Nguyen Family
	9.	Craine Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
1998	10.	Dorsey Family
	11.	Van/Bui Family in partnership with McKinley Presbyterian
	12.	Adkinson Family in partnership with "Seven Churches" group
	13.	Cornelius Family in partnership with Carle Foundation Hospital
1999	14.	Rachel Pettis Family in partnership with Women Build Homes
	15.	Hite Family in partnership with First Presbyterian Church of Champaign
	16.	Hanson Family (now part of Piatt County affiliate)
2000	17.	Otis Family in partnership with the Methodist churches
	18.	Coleman Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
	19.	Epps-Kent Family in partnership with the Lutheran Men of Flatville
	20.	Shimkus Family in partnership with Community United Church of Christ and First Mennonite
2001	21.	Ola Williams Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
	22.	Peeples Family in partnership with Rotary
	23.	Boley Family in partnership with First Presbyterian of Champaign, First Presbyterian of Urbana
	24.	Harris Family in partnership with the "Rantoul Group"
	25.	Lowenstein Family (now part of Piatt County affiliate)
2002	26.	Harris Family in partnership with Grace Lutheran
	27.	Smith Family in partnership with area Catholic churches
	28.	Richardson Family
	29.	Andrea Pettis Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
	30.	Pamela Williams family in partnership with Women for Habitat
	31.	Hyde Family (now part of Piatt County affiliate)
2003	32.	Green Family in partnership with area Methodist churches
	33.	Jones Family in partnership with the Flatville's Immanuel Lutheran
	34.	Bigham Family in partnership with Volition and the Philo Rd. Church of Christ
2004	35.	Merriweather Family in partnership with the Fox Family and Friends
	36.	Powell Family (now part of Piatt County affiliate)
	37.	Gant Family in partnership with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
	38.	Holloway Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter and "Hike & Bike"
2005	39.	Huff Family in partnership with RE/MAX
	40.	Nguyen Family in partnership with "Building on Faith" campaign
2006	41.	Hemphill Family in partnership with the listeners of WBGL Radio
	42.	Webb/Page Family in partnership with The Atkins Group (HomeBuilders Blitz)
	43.	Winston Family in partnership with Ramshaw Real Estate (HomeBuilders Blitz)
	44.	Starns Family in partnership with Signature Homes (HomeBuilders Blitz)
	45.	Grantham Family in partnership with TimberCreek Developers (HomeBuilders Blitz)
2007	46.	Sweid/Hami Family in partnership with UIUC's Student Chapter
	47.	Dominguez Family in partnership with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and listeners of the Illini Radio Group stations
	48.	Allen Family in partnership with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and listeners of the Illini Radio Group stations
	49.	Overcast Family in partnership with Horizon Hobby
2008	50.	Corona Family in partnership with Women Build Homes
	51.	Robinson Family in partnership with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
	52.	Another family - not yet selected - in partnership with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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	Habitat for Humanity of Champaign County & ReStore PO Box 1162, 119 E University, Champaign IL 61824 Tel: (217) 359-0507 admin (217) 355-6460 ReStore Fax: (217) 363-3373 - E-mail: info@cuhabitat.org The Habitat for Humanity International web site contains more information on Habitat's history, mission, volunteer opportunities and contact information for other Habitat affiliates around the world.