January 2024
Dear Future Homeowner,
Thank you for your interest in our program. Since 1994, thirty-three families in Archuleta County have partnered with Habitat to build their own home alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. If you feel you’re ready to own your own home, complete the application available to download via the links below.
Our application process for the 2024 builds includes 5 steps:
- Apply
We accept applications at any time. However, to be considered for our 2025 build, please return your completed application with all supporting documentation to our office by July 1, 2024. You may email, mail, or drop the application off during our office hours: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Monday – Friday.
To use the PDF: download the file below, fill it out, save the updated version, and email to office@habitatarchuleta.org.
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- Initial Review & Office Meeting
We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them and contact applicants for any pending documents or additional information required.
Administrative staff will meet with every applicant in July of 2024 regardless of eligibility. Those who meet the Habitat Archuleta criteria (which is described on the application) will continue to the next phase of the process.
Alll applicants may work with Habitat staff to submit a mortgage loan application to the USDA Rural Development for use in the conventional real estate market.
- 5 volunteer hours on the job site
If you’re invited to move to the next step in the process, you will have the opportunity to “try before you buy” and spend 10 hours on our job sites.
- Family Visit
In August and September those applicants who move forward will host our Family Selection Team (Cindy, Barbara, Aileen, and Kathy) in their own home for about an hour. This is an opportunity for the applicants to ask any lingering questions about the process, and “introduce” Habitat Archuleta to their family.
- Family Selection
The applicants who meet with the Family Selection Team will be notified in October 2024 as to whether they are invited to partner to build with Habitat Archuleta the following year. Applicants who aren’t invited to partner to build with Habitat Archuleta may work with Habitat staff to submit a mortgage loan application to USDA Rural Development for use in the conventional real estate market. As we move through the application process, we can discuss this option further.
If you need assistance completing the application or have further questions on the process, please contact administrative staff, at office@habitatarchuleta.org.
703 San Juan St., Ste 201, PO Box 2827, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147-2827
(970) 264-6960
Leah Ballard
970.264.6960
Deputy Director
Habitat for Humanity of Archuleta County
703 San Juan St. Suite 201 PO Box 2827 Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
NMLS # 1795685