About Us

Mission
Partnering with God and the community, our mission is to eliminate substandard housing in the Jacksonville Beaches. In addition to building quality, affordable homes for qualified families in need at no profit, we also guide our partner families through home ownership and provide educational opportunities so that they may build brighter futures for themselves and their children.

Who We Are
Beaches Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry dedicated to eliminating substandard housing in the Jacksonville Beaches. As an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, we work in partnership with local families and volunteers to build simple, decent homes for qualified families in need. Recognizing the importance of education in breaking the cycle of poverty, we also offer college scholarships, after-school tutoring and rewards for academic excellence for our partner families.

What We Do
We build simple, decent homes for qualified families in need in the Jacksonville Beaches. In order to be considered for a new Habitat home, families must fill out an application and make a down payment of eight hours of labor (“sweat equity”). Our family selection committee then chooses families to live in our homes based on need, ability to pay and willingness to partner with us. Families selected must then invest an additional 300 hours of labor working alongside volunteers and Habitat staff to build their homes and the homes of others. Upon completion of construction, the partner family then purchases the house from Beaches at no profit and with no interest charged – the money from which is then used to build future Habitat homes.

Volunteers from the UNF men's basketball program take a break during a build day
to pose for a photo with the homeowners, Jessica and Mira.

Jacksonville Beaches by the Numbers

• Approximately 25% of households in the Beaches area consume greater than 35% of income for rent.
• HUD fair market rent for a 3 bedroom/2 bathroom home in the Beaches area is $1,100 a month.
• By comparison, monthly payments for a Beaches Habitat for Humanity homeowner average about $525 per month, including taxes and insurance.
• It costs roughly $75,000, excluding land, to construct a Beaches Habitat for Humanity 3 bedroom / 2 bathroom home.

  Habitat for Humanity International
  Beaches Habitat is one of more than 1,700 affiliates in the USA and 550 international affiliates that combined have built more than 350,000 homes throughout the world. Affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International are independent, nonprofit organizations that are organized by local citizens and operate with local boards and local volunteers. Volunteers provide most of the labor, and corporate, faith-based and individual donors provide the money, materials and labor necessary to build Habitat homes. Habitat for Humanity International provides its affiliates with publicity and informational materials. In return, Beaches Habitat for Humanity donates 10% of all undesignated dollars to its sister affiliates in Costa Rica. Since being founded in 1992, we have sent more than $262,000 to Habitat for Humanity Costa Rica, helping move more than 80 families into new homes.

  Visit Habitat for Humanity International's website  for more information.

  Equal Opportunity Employer

  Beaches Habitat for Humanity is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.