Our Vision

A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Our Mission Statement

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

About Marion-Dillon County Habitat for Humanity

Marion-Dillon County HFH is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God's love into action by building homes, communities, and hope. Marion-Dillon County HFH is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating, and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman, and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.

All Are Welcome

Marion-Dillon County HFH has an open-door policy: All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views, or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of age, race, or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.

About Habitat for Humanity International

Founded in Americus, Georgia, USA, in 1976, Habitat for Humanity today operates around the globe and has helped build, renovate and repair more than 600,000 decent, affordable houses sheltering more than 3 million people worldwide.

Habitat for Humanity South Carolina reported the following economic impact of the Marion County (now Marion-Dillon County) Habitat for Humanity affiliate:

• $542,635 was invested in the economy by the affiliate's work over the past year;
• 4 staff members were directly employed;
• Affiliate's investment created $781,999 of total economic activity:
  • supporting 6 total jobs
  • paying $311,536 in labor income; and
  • contributing $120,886 in state, local, and federal taxes;
• For every dollar invested by the affiliate, an additional 44 cents were injected into the local economy, amounting to a return on investment of $1.44; and
• For every dollar donated, $6.01 was added to the local economy.

Compared to renters of the same age, race, and income, homeowners:

• Are 28% more likely to repair or improve their homes
• Live in a community 4 times longer, promoting family stability
• Are 11% more likely to know their government officials and representatives
• Are 9% more likely to know their school board members
• Are 15% more likely to vote
• Are 10% more likely to attend worship services
• Are 16% more likely to belong to PTA's, book clubs, and libraries
• Read newspapers 1.3 times more often
• Are less like to have substance abuse problems

Compared to renters of the same age, race and income, children of homeowners:

• Are 25% more likely to graduate from high school
• Are 116% more likely to graduate from college
• Are 20% less likely to become teenage mothers
• Have 9% higher math scores
• Have 7%  higher reading scores
• Have fewer behavioral problems
• Are 60% more likely to own their own home within 10 years of moving from their parent's home
• Save taxpayers in public expenditures (the cost of juvenile delinquency, teenage pregnancy, etc.
• Are less likely to have substance abuse problems

* Research compiled by Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

(Information copied from South Carolina Association of Habitat for Humanity Affiliates)