Mission and Vision

35 Years of building homes, communities and hope!

Habitat for Humanity of Wausau (Habitat Wausau) has been serving the Greater Wausau Area since 1990. Best known for our homeownership program that builds homes using volunteer labor and funds raised in our local community. In addition to being the builder, Habitat Wausau finances the homes they build with zero-interest mortgages to qualifying partner families chosen through a nondiscriminatory selection process. Partner families become Habitat Homeowners after they have completed the required selection criteria and sweat equity hours. A small down payment is required along with making monthly mortgage payments which include home insurance and property taxes.

Focused on improving access to affordable housing and maintaining the existing affordable housing in the area, Habitat Wausau began offering critical home repair assistance to qualifying homeowners in the summer of 2023.

Habitat Wausau acquired Ramp Up Marathon County in January 2024. Since then, the teams work together to provide critical ramp builds across Marathon County.

Our Mission

Our Vision

Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Mission Principles

Demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ. Focus on shelter. Advocate for affordable housing. Promote dignity and home. Support sustainable and transformational development.

Habitat Wausau seeks to promote respect for all people and foster a welcoming and inclusive community for all. HFHW programs will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, physical and mental ability, military service, veteran status, lawful sources of income, or any other discriminatory practice prohibited by state or federal law.

HFHW as a mortgage lender follows the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) a federal civil rights law that prevents lenders from discriminating against credit applicants based on factors unrelated to their ability to repay. Specifically, ECOA protects consumers from lending discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, public assistance, or the exercise of any rights under the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

Habitat Wausau will not proselytize. Nor will HFH work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with HFH. This means that HFH will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must (i) adhere to or convert to a particular faith or (ii) listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.