affordable homeownership through renovation
Creating lasting change by restoring dignity to neighborhoods and providing families with stable, sustainable homes.
Vacant and abandoned houses weaken Winnipeg neighborhoods, attracting crime and lowering community pride. Habitat for Humanity Manitoba turns these problem properties into opportunities. Through our Renovation Program, we acquire abandoned or tax-sale homes and transform them into safe, energy-efficient houses for families in need of affordable homeownership.
Renovation allows us to retrofit more homes for less money, which means more affordable mortgages for Habitat homeowners. It also takes less time than building new, helping families move through the housing continuum more quickly and into the stability of homeownership.
Instead of demolishing, we restore existing housing stock, reduce environmental impact, and revitalize communities. Families contribute 500 volunteer hours and purchase their renovated home through Habitat’s affordable mortgage model, moving from instability into strength and independence.
With support from partners like Manitoba Housing, the City of Winnipeg, and Efficiency Manitoba, this program creates lasting change by restoring dignity to neighborhoods and providing families with stable, sustainable homes.
