Am I eligible to apply for a
Habitat Home?
Determine if you are eligible to apply for a Habitat Home.
If you meet our three prerequisites below, you are eligible to apply for homeownership with Teton Habitat.
01
What is your U.S. Residency Status?
If you are a US Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, or a DACA Recipient with a valid Social Security number and Employment Authorization Document, or you have a pending application for residency, you are eligible to apply.
02
Have you owned a home within the past three years?
Applicants and/or co-applicants cannot have owned a home within the past three years at time of application. If you have not owned a home the past three years, you are eligible to apply.
03
What is your annual household income?
Your annual household income is the pre-tax total salary of all the earners in your household. Check the Income Range Guidelines Chart below to see if you are eligible to apply, and click the arrow to the right to learn more information about your income range.
For example, a family of four has two full-time working parents, an 18 year old working part-time, and 12 year old. The three of them earn $100,000 annually, so they fall within the income range for a 4 person household.
These income ranges are based on the U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD) income guidelines for Teton county, Wyoming in May, 2024.
Application Process Overview
STEP 1
FILL OUT YOUR INITIAL INTAKE APPLICATION
Now that you know that you meet the income guideline requirements to apply for a Habitat Home, you’ll need to enter your information into the Habitat system. We accept initial applications year-round. When a new home comes up for sale, you will be notified with a deadline of when to submit your financial documents for verification. Please ensure you have a recent and valid email address; you will be notified via email.
WAIT PERIOD
UNTIL WE HAVE A UNIT
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
Now that you know that you meet the income guideline requirements to apply for a Habitat Home, and you have entered your intake form into the Habitat system, you will be notified via email when a Habitat Home comes up for sale.
STEP 2
SUPPLY YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR VERIFICATION
You have determined that you meet the requirements to apply for a Habitat Home and your initial intake information is in the system. When a Habitat home becomes available, we will contact you via email. We will then request documents and information to verify that you are financially eligible for a Habitat Home.
STEP 3
INTERVIEW FOR
COMMITTEE REVIEW
After Habitat reviews income verification documents for financial eligibility, qualifying applicants will move onto the review phase. A selection committee made up of local volunteers will review the qualified applicants to determine whom will receive a home interview. If you are selected for a home interview, you will be contacted by a team of selection committee members for potential dates and times. After home interviews are conducted, teams will report back to the full committee for final applicant recommendations to the Board. The Habitat board will make their final decision based on the selection committee’s recommendation.
STEP 4
SELECTION
The committee has recommended you to the Habitat Board. If you are approved, you will be notified that you have been accepted into the Homeownership Program. You will sign a letter of acceptance and pay a $100 good-faith deposit. This ends the application process, and begins your partnership with Habitat. Partnership consists of 500 hours of sweat equity, savings for closing costs, willingness to partner, and homebuyer education classes. Sweat equity can be building ore remodeling your own home, volunteering to build other Habitat Homes, or at the ReStore. The typical partnership timeline varies between one and a half to two years.
Path to Homeownership
This process may take 18–24 months to complete.
Teton County Affordable Rental Agencies
If you do not qualify for a Habitat home, we encourage you to check out other housing resources in Teton County.
Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust
110 E Broadway, 2nd floor
P.O. Box 4498
Jackson, WY 83001
307.739.0665
Jackson/Teton County Affordable
Housing Department
320 S. King Street
P.O. Box 714
Jackson, WY 83001
307-732-0867