Accepting Starter Home Applications

Our current build for the Starter Home (1 bedroom + 1 loft, 1 bathroom- 800 SF) is in the Sedona Estates of Cortez, Colorado, and we are accepting applications for Home Ownership!

If your household falls between 30-80% Average Median Income (AMI) and is interested in applying for the Home Ownership Program, please email info@haitatmontezuma.org. We will send you the preliminary paperwork.

Interested in the Home Preservation Program? Take a moment to fill out the phase one application.

HOME PRESERVATION PROGRAM:

Repairs help to revitalize the appearance of the neighborhood, strengthen connections within the community, and help preserve affordable housing.

Our repair program includes but is not limited to painting, landscaping, wheelchair ramps, minor and some major repairs on owner-occupied homes.

Home Ownership:

Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. We encourage applicants with inadequate housing who have been unable to pursue homeownership by traditional means.  We seek out individuals and families who are serious about their goals in becoming homeowners, maintaining their property, and partnering with Habitat for Humanity.

We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. In compliance with Fair Housing Law, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act), as amended, HFHMC does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status (including children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, people securing custody of children under the age of 18), handicap (disability), sexual orientation or gender identity.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated need for improved housing 

  • Applicant does not own their own home

  • Willingness to partner with Habitat for Humanity of Montezuma County through the completion of sweat equity hours. Each applicant is required to complete at least 250 sweat equity hours. 

  • Income must fall within 30%-80% median income guidelines which are based on the number of individuals in the home and the percentage of income as related to the area median income.

  • All applicants are subject to a criminal background check, credit check and a sex offender registry check.