Information for Applicants
Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity conducts a Family Selection process for each house we rehabilitate. Since we must comply with federal housing laws which require that all applications be accepted or rejected within 30 days of their completion, we only accept applications during the designated application period; any received at any other time would have to be rejected since we wouldn't have an opening for a Partner Family at other times.
Through public notices and this website we announce when we will be accepting applications.
Those interested in the next selection process should watch for public notices, or check back with this web site where the information also will be available.
When the process is complete, one family is notified they have been accepted. All the other applications are rejected because we only have one house available at a time. Families not accepted are welcome to apply again for the affiliate's next project.
Since the timing of the Family Selection is dependant on the start of a new project, there is no schedule for the next selection period.
Selection Guidelines
To become a Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity partner your family must:
Through public notices and this website we announce when we will be accepting applications.
Those interested in the next selection process should watch for public notices, or check back with this web site where the information also will be available.
When the process is complete, one family is notified they have been accepted. All the other applications are rejected because we only have one house available at a time. Families not accepted are welcome to apply again for the affiliate's next project.
Since the timing of the Family Selection is dependant on the start of a new project, there is no schedule for the next selection period.
Selection Guidelines
To become a Cayuga County Habitat for Humanity partner your family must:
- Be Cayuga County residents or be employed in Cayuga County and intend to relocate to Cayuga County.
- Total household income must fall between 30 and 60 percent of HUD median income for Cayuga County, based on family size.
- Not currently own a home.
- Be currently living in housing that is unsafe, overcrowded, financially draining, or otherwise substandard as determined by HUD guidelines.
- Have the ability to assume financial responsibility for 20-year interest-free mortgage.
- Have a willingness to help build your own home. Each person age 18 or older who will be living in the home is required to account for 250 hours of work, called "sweat equity," on your own or other Habitat homes. People with disabilities will be accommodated.
- Fall within the income guidelines shown below
| Family Size | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Min Income | 8,240 | 9,240 | 10,600 | 11,780 | 12,720 | 13,660 | 14,600 | 15,540 |
| Max Income | 24,720 | 28,260 | 31,800 | 35,340 | 38,160 | 40,980 | 43,800 | 46,620 |
We follow the guidelines set forth in the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act
“We are pledged to the letter and spirit of the U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.”
“We are pledged to the letter and spirit of the U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.”
