Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1990 as the Kent County affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International.
Over the past 30 years, Central Delaware Habitat has built and/or renovated over 60 homes, providing much needed housing solutions to over 280 adults and children.
The programs we provide are primarily affordable homeownership, neighborhood revitalization and ReStore. All three programs operate under the same mission.
In regards to our homeownership program, since 2009, Central Delaware has increased its capacity from serving an average of one homebuyer a year to partnering with eight to ten annually.
The factors driving this exceptional growth include hiring full-time staff members, increasing funding opportunities, developing partnerships with other affordable housing programs, utilizing AmeriCorps members and collaborating with other organizations to further housing opportunities.
Our housing program is unique in four ways; offers a 30 year mortgage with 0% interest, requires each adult to complete 250 hours of sweat equity, utilizes local volunteers throughout the construction of the home and targets those who are unable to get conventional financing.
Central Delaware Habitat neighborhood revitalization initiative began in 2011 as we began acquiring property in the Town of Frederica which resulted in selling 14 homes to qualified homebuyers.
Now, Central Delaware Habitat is focusing in downtown Dover with the goals of increasing homeownership, improving the housing stock, reducing crime and increasing economic development.
Our first ReStore opened in July 2007. After 17 years, the Board voted to hire a manager and opened the first local ReStore in an effort to generate additional funding and expand the scope of our program.
The ReStore combines donated furniture, household goods, construction materials, collectables, etc. with some new product inventory in a retail setting to generate a sales profit. The profits are used to support our programs. We moved to our third and final location in June 2019 on South Dupont Highway.
