Sweat Equity
An important part of the partner family phase is sweat equity. Sweat equity is the hours of service that all the adults (people 18 and over) in the house must complete. Each adult must complete 200 hours of sweat equity, but a family is only required to complete a maximum of 500 hours. Sweat equity is mostly completed with physical work on your house or other houses that are being built by Habitat, but there are also other opportunities available to complete sweat equity. Other opportunities include baking, office work, and help at major events put on by Habitat. Of the 200 hours required per adult, 50 hours can be done by family and friends working alongside the family member. 50 of the 200 hours can also be completed with non-Habitat community service as long as a Habitat staff member has approved the service. This means that at a minimum, each adult will be completing 100 hours working directly with Habitat for Humanity.
