East Cooper Habitat for Humanity

Our Vision

A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Our Mission

Seeking to put God’s love into action, East Cooper Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

East Cooper Habitat for Humanity serves the communities east of the Cooper River and select areas of Berkeley County in South Carolina.  Founded on January 31, 1990, we believe that having access to safe and affordable housing is a basic human right.  Therefore, while we celebrate with the 77 families that have received new homes and the over 50 families that have received critical home repairs, we know we can’t stop working.

Our organization utilizes volunteer labor and donated funds, with East Cooper Home Store being our largest source of funding, to provide a "hand up", not a "hand out" to our partner families.  Our homeowners are selected based upon their need, their demonstrated ability to handle personal finances and their willingness to contribute a minimum of 350 sweat equity hours during the construction of their home.  Upon completion, the home is purchased by the homeowner using an affordable mortgage and monthly mortgage payments are directed toward future home-building efforts as they are received.