History

Established as the state support office in 2012, Habitat for Humanity South Carolina is a nonprofit housing organization that brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope. The affiliate support organization expands the capacity of 27 local affiliates through advocacy, resource development, education and training, and disaster services. Serving 33 counties, Habitat affiliates have built over 3,086 new homes, repaired 1,438 houses, and rehabilitated 177 homes since 1978.

Core Focus Areas

• Advocacy - We raise awareness on housing issues by serving as a liaison, thought-leader, and policy advisors to lawmakers, elected officials, and state agencies.

• Resource Development - We develop partnerships focused on financial support, in-kind donations, and collaborative agreement to broaden Habitat’s impact on the housing needs of South Carolinians.

• Education + Technical Assistance - We provide education and technical assistance in nonprofit best practices, mortgage services, fundraising, construction, and regulatory compliance to local affiliates.

• Disaster Services - We prepare affiliates and communities for disasters and coordinate for long term recovery after disaster strikes.

  The Principles of Our Ministry

  Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ.
  We undertake our work to demonstrate the love and teachings of Jesus, acting in all ways in accord with the belief that God’s love and grace abound for all, and that we must be “hands and feet” of that love and grace in our world. We believe that, through faith, the miniscule can be multiplied to accomplish the magnificent, and that, in faith, respectful relationships can grow among all people.

  Focus on shelter.
  We have chosen, as our means of manifesting God’s love, to create opportunities for all people to live in decent, durable shelter. We put faith into action by helping to build, renovate or preserve homes, and by partnering with others to accelerate and broaden access to affordable housing as a foundation for breaking the cycle of poverty.

  Advocate for affordable housing.
  In response to the prophet Micah’s call to do justice, to love mercy and to walk humbly with God, we promote decent, affordable housing for all, and we support the global community’s commitment to housing as a basic human right. We will advocate for just and fair housing policy to eliminate the constraints that contribute to poverty housing. And, in all of our work, we will seek to put shelter on hearts and minds in such powerful ways that poverty housing becomes socially, politically and religiously unacceptable.

  Promote dignity and hope.
  We believe that no one lives in dignity until everyone can live in dignity. We believe that every person has something to contribute and something to gain from creating communities in which all people have decent, affordable places to live. We believe that dignity and hope are best achieved through equitable, accountable partnerships.

  Support sustainable and transformational development.
  We view our work as successful when it transforms lives and promotes positive and lasting social, economic and spiritual change within a community; when it is based on mutual trust and fully shared accomplishment; and when it demonstrates responsible stewardship of all resources entrusted to us.

Non-proselytizing policy
Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations will not proselytize. Nor will Habitat work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with Habitat. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.