Martinsville-area Habitat for Humanity rebrands under Fuller Center umbrella

After maintaining a presence in Martinsville-Henry County for 35 years, the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity will rebrand as part of the Fuller Center for Housing.

The local chapter announced its disaffiliation with Habitat for Humanity International on Thursday. Under its new affiliation, it will become the Fuller Center for Housing Martinsville-Henry County.

This decision to begin a new partnership with the Fuller Center for Housing was not taken lightly, said local chapter president Houston Stutz. “Our board thinks this move will align more with our goals and ambitions, as well as be beneficial for serving our community and the housing issues we face,” Stutz said.

Habitat for Humanity and the West Virginia-based Fuller Center are both national organizations that work to provide affordable housing in the communities they serve.

To date, the Fuller Center has helped families across 70 American communities and has operations in 20 different countries.

Habitat’s local chapter has provided help to around 30 families since its founding in 1988. That includes a dozen families that are currently paying mortgages on homes provided by the local chapter. Mortgage services will continue, unchanged, for those families, according to information from the Fuller Center.

In 2005, former Habitat for Humanity International president Millard Fuller left the nonprofit to found the Fuller Center for Housing. The organization describes itself as a nonprofit that seeks to address housing by building and rehabilitating homes.

Stutz said his group’s mission remains unchanged.

“Our mission, values, and willingness to serve will not change,” Stutz said. “We still need to provide families an affordable place to call home. This move will allow us to do that in a better capacity while also helping more with critical repairs.”

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