Passaic County Habitat for Humanity

With contributions of funds, volunteer labor, and in-kind materials/services, we construct, renovate, and repair homes. Homes are sold to income-qualified partner families at affordable prices with affordable mortgages. We prepare families to be successful homeowners through extensive pre and post-sale financial, social, home-maintenance and other support services. In fy23 we completed one new single-family home and two recycled homes, including the first 2-family home in a new 2-family pilot program. We continued construction on 5 single family homes and a mixed-use building which will provide program space for veteran's services and four units of housing. We also broke ground on eight new single-family homes and began pre-development for eleven new housing units. Additionally, we expanded our critical repair program to serve five additional Passaic County municipalities.

The neighborhood revitalization program at Passaic County Habitat is committed to serving the city of Paterson, focusing on the 1st ward northside neighborhood and the 4th ward rosa parks neighborhood. Our efforts are centered on addressing housing needs, public safety concerns, and educational resources to enhance community well-being. We coordinate various initiatives for neighborhood revitalization, including community clean-ups, flower planting events, assistance with community gardens, and critical repair programs. Notably, we are spearheading the construction of clinton street park, which will provide a much-needed green and recreational space for residents in the 1st ward northside neighborhood.

Our restore program consists of a 22,000 square foot retail outlet selling donated new and gently used furniture, appliances, and building supplies to the public at greatly reduced prices. Net proceeds go to further the mission of the organization. The benefits to the community are twofold; first, that we offer lower-priced items for sale, and second, that we reuse or recycle items which would otherwise have taken up space in a landfill. In fy23 we diverted 1.6m tons of materials from landfills through 752 donation drop offs, 664 donation pickups, and 16,507 sales transactions.