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Habitat for Humanity is a non-denominational housing organization that was founded in the United States in 1976, based on the principle and idea of partnership housing.  Today, all walks of life work together to build safe, decent, and affordable housing for families living in need.

Across Canada, more than 4 million Canadians struggle to get by without a safe, decent, and affordable place to live.  Join Habitat for Humanity Canada on a mission to eradicate the housing crisis, locally—one house at a time.

Working with the Orillia/Lake Country Inc. affiliate provides tangible opportunities to form community partnerships with the idea of building houses—not for profit and no interest mortgages—giving low income families a hand up (and not a hand-out), giving them a chance to make a home, breaking the cycle of poverty.

Through the combined efforts from professionals, contractors, suppliers, and volunteers donating their time, talent, and treasure to plan, design, organize, schedule, procure, and construct a safe, decent, and affordable house.  

Where do the materials come from?  Donations of needed products and materials come  from manufacturers, suppliers and distributors, donations of labour from contractors and professionals, gift in kind from corporate sponsors, and hours upon hours of volunteer time all working towards a common goal.   

Habitat for Humanity Orillia/Lake Country is planning to have a semi-detached house complete ready for occupancy by two families by December 2012.  That might make home ownership possible for you!

Habitat for Humanity Huronia Orillia/Lake Country chapter completed its first build in 2006 thanks to the hard work and generosity of local volunteers, donors, and sponsors.  A single mother with two children moved into our first home on Crawford Street, Orillia, in October 2006.  The building lot was generously donated by the City of Orillia.

A family with two children moved into our second home on Andrew Street in Orillia in December 2007.  Once again, the building lot was generously donated by the City of Orillia.

Our third home, located in Hawkestone, was designed to accommodate a large family with several children.  Mom, dad, and their five children moved in on July 1, 2009.  A large lot was donated by the Township of Oro-Medonte. Over 140 volunteers contributed to this build.  It was financed by generous donations from Home Depot, TD Bank, RBC, and Habitat for Humanity Canada, plus numerous other national and local manufacturers and suppliers of building materials and services.

A third lot in Orillia was donated to us by the City of Orillia on Victoria Street.  Volunteers cleared this lot and broke ground in May 2010 and the family moved in at the end of November 2010. This project was designated as a Habitat Women Build; 51.8% of the 260+ volunteers who worked on this build were women.

A lot in Brechin has been donated by Ramara Township.  We anticipate building a semi-detached home to accommodate 2 families in  2012.