About Us
Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to develop communities with God’s people in need by building and renovating houses so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which people can live and grow into all that God intended. The ultimate goal of Habitat for Humanity is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the face of the earth by constructing and building adequate and basic housing. Furthermore, all our words and actions are for the ultimate purpose of putting shelter on the hearts and minds of people in such a powerful way that poverty housing and homelessness become socially, politically, and religiously unacceptable in our nations and the world.
Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat for Humanity International was formed after Millard and Linda Fuller returned from a trip to Africa. The Fullers spent three years in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) developing communities by enabling those in need of adequate shelter to work alongside volunteers to build simple, decent houses. The homes were built with no profit added and no interest charged, and the mortgage payments created a revolving "Fund for Humanity," which was then to be used to build more houses. Upon returning to the United States in 1976, the Fullers decided to implement this concept at home. They called together a group of supporters, and Habitat for Humanity International was born. Two years later, friends of the Fullers' started the first Habitat for Humanity affiliate in San Antonio, TX.
As the increasing need for affordable housing appeared in the North Fulton area, a group of people banded together to come up with a solution for this problem. Sixteen people decided that in order to create more affordable housing, the best option would be to start their own Habitat for Humanity affiliate. The first meeting of Habitat for Humanity- North Fulton took place at the Roswell United Methodist Church in May of 1992. With the help of Habitat for Humanity Atlanta and its skilled house leaders, the North Fulton group finished its first house on Thomas Drive on June 12, 1993. Two years later, the long road to affiliation led to the successful incorporation of Habitat for Humanity- North Fulton, Inc. in August 1995.
In January 2006, the affiliates in North Fulton, Cherokee, Forsyth, and Dawson Counties merged to form Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia in order to greater address the housing need in our growing community. Today Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia has built over 100 homes in North Fulton and over 150 throughout our entire area. We look forward to providing even more families “a hand up, not a hand out” for many years to come.
