Who We Are
Habitat for Humanity Greater Orlando & Osceola County pioneers innovative housing solutions, empowers individuals through knowledge, and transforms communities by addressing the root causes of the housing crisis. We are driven by a vision where everyone has an affordable place to call home, a stable foundation that fosters health, opportunity, and progress for all.
How We Help
We have programs to help you improve your finances, prepare for homeownership, qualify for a mortgage, repair or preserve an existing home, lower home insurance costs, and more.
We pioneer housing solutions
Habitat Homeownership
We build and sell homes with affordable mortgages. You must show a housing need, the ability to pay, and a willingness to partner.
Home Preservation
Already a homeowner? We work to keep you in your affordable home through repairs and inspections.
We empower through knowledge
Education
Our certified counselors can help you take control of your finances, qualify to buy a home, prevent foreclosure, maintain your existing home, and more. We host free, open-to-the-public educational classes and First-time Homebuyer Workshops that are key to successful homeownership.
We transform communities
The housing crisis isn’t just about a shortage of homes, it’s about a housing system that creates and perpetuates barriers to progress.
Cornerstone Housing®:
This initiative frames the solution sets needed to address the housing crisis and introduces a systems thinking approach to policy development.
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Upcoming Events
We host free First-time Homebuyer Workshops in English and Spanish, financial and homeownership classes, as well as info sessions about our programs. Please register below!
News and Resources
Read more about how we’re pioneering housing solutions, empowering through knowledge, and transforming communities.
Housing Reframed: Systems View Measuring What Matter
That distinction matters. Much of American housing policy has been shaped by measures that describe distress after it has already taken hold. These measures can help identify hardship, but they do not tell us enough about whether the housing system itself is producing the conditions for stability.
Housing Reframed: From Pressure to Possibility Understanding How Systems Change
Systems thinking and practical tenets of change theory offer useful lenses here. Instead of viewing the housing crisis as a single policy failure, systems thinking brings into focus how these areas interact over time. Solving it requires more than individual programs operating in parallel. It requires a shared process for understanding the system itself. This is where collaborative initiatives like Cornerstone Housing® can play an important role
Housing Reframed: The Systems View on Homeowners Insurance
This edition of Housing Reframed focuses on homeowners insurance and exploring system interactions that may cause low-income homeowners to pay more for less.
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