* What is the Fuller Center for Housing?
* What is the Fuller Center’s vision?
* How do you accomplish your work?
* Where are you currently building homes?
* How do you choose cities or regions in which to build?
* What is the role of a Fuller Center Covenant Partner?
* How are families selected?
* Are you a Christian mission organization?
* Do you have to be a Christian to be affiliated with The Fuller Center?
* What is the "Greater Blessing Program"?
* Why did Millard Fuller leave Habitat for Humanity?
* Former President Bill Clinton said Millard Fuller "literally revolutionized the concept of philanthropy." Why did he form this new organization rather than just retire?
* Where can I get more information?
* How can I get involved and help?

What is The Fuller Center for Housing?
The Fuller Center for Housing is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that seeks to eradicate poverty housing by promoting partnerships with individuals and community groups to build and rehabilitate homes for people in need.

What is The Fuller Center’s vision?
The United Nations estimates that more than one billion people around the world live in substandard housing — including millions in the United States. The Fuller Center for Housing, faith-driven and Christ-centered, promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with individuals and organizations in an unrelenting quest to provide adequate shelter for all people in need worldwide.

How do you accomplish your work?
The Fuller Center creates partnerships within communities that bring together churches, schools, businesses and civic organizations to build decent, affordable homes for people who are unable to secure adequate housing by conventional means.

The Fuller Center works in collaboration with our covenant partners, other service-oriented organizations and countless volunteers to build and repair homes. All homeowners work hand-in-hand with volunteers to build their own homes, which are then sold to them on terms they can afford, based on the Biblical idea of no-profit, no-interest loans.

With some smaller renovation projects, an innovative payment program called The Greater Blessing Program is utilized, whereby recipients promise to repay the loan amount without signing an actual mortgage agreement. They decide the monthly amount they can afford to repay and the period of time that it will take to repay the cost of repairs. There is no legal obligation to repay these loans. It is a leap of faith in the basic goodness of humankind and is proving to be very successful.

We are committed to good stewardship, and work hard to keep our administrative costs low and to select our recipient families wisely. This helps to ensure that the vast majority of your tax-deductible gifts go toward building and repairing homes for those in need.

Where are you currently building homes?
Since launching in 2005, The Fuller Center has spanned the globe and now has covenant partners in 50 communities and 15 countries. Growth continues at a rapid pace as groups from new communities contact us every week about forming partnerships.

How do you choose cities or regions in which to build?
The need is great. The Fuller Center will go where it is asked to help. We partner with local community leaders and organizations because they know who has the greatest needs in their area. We enable communities to come together to help their own.

What is the role of a Fuller Center Covenant Partner?
Covenant partners are local organizations that sign an agreement with The Fuller Center to work in partnership to build or renovate houses for families in need in a particular area.

While a connection with The Fuller Center is of great help to local organizations in terms of expertise, information sharing, training, funding and name recognition, the real work takes place at the local level where funds are raised, volunteers are mobilized, families are selected and nurtured, and houses are built or rehabilitated.

How are families selected?
The criteria for being accepted as a partner family is determined at the local level. Some of our covenant partner groups are focusing on new construction, others are focusing on rehabilitations and promote our Greater Blessing Program, and others do both new construction and repairs. If you are interested in applying for a house for yourself or a family member or person that you are concerned about, please check the Where We Work section to see if we have a local group operating in your community.

If a group is not established in your community, consider starting one. Contact members of your local church leadership or local contractors and contact us to learn how to launch a Fuller Center covenant partnership.

Are you a Christian mission organization?
Yes. The Fuller Center is an ecumenical Christian organization that invites and welcomes volunteers and supporters of all faiths who share our basic belief in giving people dignity by helping them build and own a home.

Do you have to be a Christian to be affiliated with The Fuller Center?
Absolutely not! We work with people of all faiths who share our basic belief in giving dignity to all by helping them own a home. For example, many of our partners in Nepal are Hindus, and we work with Buddhists in Sri Lanka.

Why did Millard Fuller leave Habitat for Humanity?
After a successful record of 29 years as founder and President of Habitat for Humanity International, the board of directors decided in 2005 that it was time to part ways with its founder and his wife, Linda, due to major differences, primarily about Habitat’s vision and operating philosophy. Millard, along with Linda, created The Fuller Center to continue their mission of eliminating poverty housing around the world.

How can I get involved and help?
There are several ways to become involved. As a tightly-run, cost-conscious organization, we are always in need of people’s time, talents and treasures. Please see our Volunteer page for more than ten unique ways to help this ministry serve others. We have listed just a few of your options below: