The Fuller Center for Housing of Southern Iowa, in partnership with Southwestern Community College, is beginning to plan for the 2025-26 student-constructed home and looking for its owner.
The mission of The Fuller Center for Housing of Southern Iowa is to promote collaborative and innovative partnerships with individuals and organizations in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for all people in need worldwide. The home will be built in Creston.
To be considered as the home owner, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Is either a US citizen or legal resident.
- Has a stable work history. (retired works)
- Has a bank account.
- Can demonstrate the ability to make the payments.
- Has a need for safe affordable housing.
- Has a family income at or below 80 percent of median income for the area depending on family size. For example, a family of one, $77,200, or a family of 4, $88,780.
- Invest 200 hours of sweat equity helping to build the home.
- Doesn’t have a family member on the sex offender registry.
The lot will be donated by the City of Creston and may have a refurbished two-car detached garage.
Apply now at www.tfcfhosi.org.
Completion of the home is expected to be approximately July 1, 2026. The 2024-25 home is pictured above. This was the 14th new home built in Creston by the Fuller Center for Housing of Southern Iowa, formerly called Habitat for Humanity of Union County. The home, has three bedrooms and two full baths with an Energy Star rating and 1,092 square feet of finished living space. The SWCC carpentry & building trades and electrical technology programs both worked on this project.