Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing organization. Habitat for Humanity partners with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing.

Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat homes. Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor into building their homes and the homes of others. Families in need purchase their home with a no-profit mortgage that has no interest charges. The mortgage payments go into a revolving fund that is used to build more houses.

Greater Fairfield Area Habitat for Humanity has been building in Fairfield, Iowa since 1995. We have built eight houses so far and are working on house number 9. We have not needed to use any government loans, and have enough land to build at least five more houses.