Since 1991, Coos County Habitat for Humanity has built 25 homes, helping 36 adults and 68 children with a hand up out of substandard housing. Hundreds of generous volunteers from the community, as well as dozens of local building professionals, donated their time and/or dollars over the years to help make this happen. We are eternally grateful for this support!
We have recently finished our 25th new home build in the Empire neighborhood of Coos Bay, and has been funded in part by contributions from the Autzen Foundation, Banner Bank, Bay Area Hospital, the Coquille Tribal Community Fund, the Oregon Community Foundation, Oregon Association of Realtors Foundation, Umpqua Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, And Weyerhaeuser. And thanks to a generous manufactured home donation and funding from the Eugene and Marlaina Johnston Charitable Foundation, we have been help another family in to a home to call their own this year!
In 2015 we introduced our Critical Home Repair Program, which helps existing limited-income homeowners with health and safety issues such as window and siding replacement, porch and entryway repairs, accessibility ramps, and other health and safety concerns. This program is funded by major donors including the Eugene and Marlaina Johnston Charitable Foundation, Bay Area Hospital, the City of Coos Bay, the Coquille Tribal Community Fund, Faith Lutheran Church of North Bend, Jordan Cove-Pacific Connector, Umpqua Bank, and U.S. Bank – plus several thousand dollars in partnerships with Oregon Coast Community Action.
The need for these programs existed in 1991; today, the need is even greater. A recent comprehensive county housing study found that while Coos County’s population has remained steady, the workforce has declined and housing costs have increased significantly, making home-ownership difficult for everyone – but especially for limited income families.
Together, we can change this. We can build foundations for hard-working Coos County families and forever change the landscape of our community.
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