Greeley Area Habitat for Humanity

In september 2024, gahfh completed construction on the mission springs development, working in partnership with commonwealth properties, the nation's 7th largest affordable housing developer. Mission springs includes two segments; mission homestead, comprised of 27 single family and paired homes built by gahfh to provide homeownership opportunities for habitat families, and mission village, comprised of 68 affordable town homes and cottage rentals built by commonwealth. The development replaced half of the housing units lost in evans, colorado, during the severe floods of 2013. Funded in part by a 1million cdbg-dr grant from the state of colorado, mission homestead includes the affiliate's first duplexes and first ada compliant units. It also includes the first natural gas and renewable energy net zero energy home, with a hers score of -6, built in partnership with atmos energy and the schlessman family foundation. During fy2024-25, gahfh completed civil development and began construction of housing units in hope springs, a large-scale affordable mix-product community built in partnership with the city of greeley and gahfh private- sector partners. Hope springs is situated on a 40-acre greenfield site in the city of greeley, adjacent to the city of evans. When completed, the development will be comprised of 174 water-wise, climate-friendly, zero energy ready habitat homes; 154 paired units and 20 individual units. Future phases, built by a private sector partner, will add up to 316 additional units, for a total of 490 affordable homes. Gahfh's economic impact alone will be over 68m when built out, reinvested back into the city of greeley and state of colorado. With the completion of the additional units by the private sector partner, the economic impact will approach 100m. Construction of the habitat homes began in july 2024, supported by a partnership with baessler homes. By the end of june 2025, 40 units had been constructed and 25 families had closed on the sale

The gahfh restore is a unique retail outfit that obtains donated home construction/renovation material donations. Donations are then sold to the general public with profits used to provide general operating support to the overall organization. The restore generated 1.082m in revenue during fy2024-25. In addition to providing earned income for gahfh, it provides valuable services for donors and patrons as well. For donors, in-kind contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and patrons receive quality merchandise at an affordable price. Likewise, the restore operation provides a valuable service for the overall community and the environment by effectively reducing landfill waste by through the encouragement of reuse and repurpose, and also through the restore cardboard/metal/electronic recycling program. Annually, the restore saves approximately 1 million pounds of waste from reaching the local landfill. This number reached 1.4 million in fy2024-25.

The gahfh family services program is comprised of programs and practices designed to provide applicants and approved homeowners with the skills and support they need to prosper as long-term homeowners. Support services are multifaceted and begin with a consultation with the gahfh family services coordinator. Approved applicants are paired with a family support committee volunteer who works alongside the partner family throughout the homebuilding and closing processes. These volunteers work with the partner family to complete a series of eight written lessons including: ownership vs. Renting, homeowners insurance, property tax and capital improvements, financial planning, protecting the investment value of the home, "your mortgage," the rights and responsibilities of being a homeowner, avoiding financial scams. In addition to the lessons completed with the family support volunteer, approved applicants are required to complete a series of group workshops prior to closing on their home. These include: landscaping, city codes, covenants, homeowner's insurance, and hoa. Since its founding in 1987, gahfh has had only one foreclosure, a testament to effectiveness of its homebuyer support and education process in preparing partners for homeownership. During fy2024-25, gahfh expanded its team to include a family services administrator, responsible for preparing homebuyers for an efficient and successful closing process. With an additional staff member, the team is better able to manage the demands of the greatly accelerated schedule of homebuyer selection and support required for hope springs.