University of Michigan Habitat for Humanity receives $10,000 grant to renovate home

"It was such an honor to even make it as a finalist,” President Jessica Perszyk said in a statement. “We have a very active member base and a strong and motivated executive board that together create many great opportunities with our local Habitat affiliate.”

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that builds or renovates homes for low-income families. Homes are built through volunteer work and mortgaged to families at a no-profit cost. The U-M chapter is an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity of Huron Valley, which renovates homes for families in Washtenaw County.

The U-M Habitat organizations says it works every year with its sister chapter at the Ross School of Business to raise $10,000 to co-sponsor the renovation of a home for a local family in need. The “Michigan House,” it says, is often entirely funded and constructed by U-M students.

This year’s “Michigan House” and is partially sponsored by Ford Motor Company. Habitat purchased the foreclosed home last year and has been renovating it for a new family since the fall.

Both the U-M and Huron Valley Habitat chapters plan to dedicate the home to the recipients on Jan. 24.