: To eliminate and alleviate everyday struggles for basic needs of people.

: Every person deserves to be treated with respect and compassion despite of their economic standing in society.

Educate people to find the resources that are available and secure jobs and job training for them

FOCUS ON NATURAL POTENTIALS: We hold the fundamental position that if people, businesses, organizations, institutions and governments focus on their natural endowments, their achievements will be unprecedented. SINCERE PARTNERS: We believe that an organization must provide opportunity for sincere partners who share similar values and a common goal to pursue causes that advance society with financial benefit as a secondary goal. HARNESS ASSETS: We believe that the resources to advance a cause are already available to all who rightfully belong to that endeavor and must be tapped first. SYSTEMS REPLICATION: We believe that there is a fundamental model of productivity for a cause which will yield the same results when applied globally. ACCOMODATING ALL: We believe that every endeavor must be structured to accommodate the needs of both privileged as well as underprivileged clients and customers in society. ACCOMODATING ALL: We believe that every endeavor must be structured to accommod

: I have been a liaison for over 5 years directing low income families to resources and opportunities available.

Families are required to show an ability to pay for their home in addition to the need for housing. With these requirements, homeless and low-income families may fail to qualify for a Habitat home. Most American Habitat affiliates perform credit checks and criminal record checks on applicants before partnering with them for the construction of a home. Some critics therefore allege that Habitat misrepresents the nature of its work by partnering with families that might be considered nearly \\\"middle-income.\\\"[