Homeownership
Sweat Equity
As a future Atlanta Habitat homeowner or repair with kindness participant, learn how you can complete the required volunteer hours through construction, classes, warehouse work, and more.
Purchase Sweat Equity
As an Atlanta Habitat homebuyer, you are required to complete 250 sweat-equity hours within a year from the date you move into your house.
Remember, you must complete:
- 60 sweat-equity hours before selecting your lot
- A required 250 total hours, of which 100 hours must be completed by members of your immediate household and up to 150 hours may be completed by friends and family
How Do I Complete My Sweat Equity?
- Attend additional Home Smart elective classes
- Work in the Atlanta Habitat ReStore for scheduled shifts
- Work in the Atlanta Habitat warehouse on any Wednesday through Friday
- Help build an Atlanta Habitat house on a scheduled construction day
- Attend neighborhood meetings of the local Neighborhood Association or Neighborhood Planning Unit
- All sweat-equity hours must be properly recorded and submitted to a Homeowner Services team member or to the front desk during regular business hours. Only original sheets will be accepted. Copies will be provided upon request
Resources
Repair with Kindness Sweat Equity
As an Atlanta Habitat Repair with Kindness program participant, you are required to complete 40 sweat-equity hours within 4 months from the date you are approved into the program.
How Do I Complete My Sweat Equity?
- Attend Home Smart classes. *Please note that no classes are required for the RWK program. If you see "required" listed next to any class, that is referring to our Home Purchase program.
- Work in the Atlanta Habitat ReStore for scheduled shifts
- Work in the Atlanta Habitat warehouse on any Wednesday through Friday
- Help build an Atlanta Habitat house on a scheduled construction day
- Attend neighborhood meetings of the local Neighborhood Association or Neighborhood Planning Unit
- Volunteer at other Atlanta-area nonprofits
- All sweat-equity hours must be properly recorded and submitted to a Homeowner Services team member or to the front desk during regular business hours. Only original sheets will be accepted. Copies will be provided upon request.
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