Home Repair programs are built for Habitat for Humanity Affiliates. Public House has worked directly with Habitat cohorts to develop screening and application configurations that reflect the specific workflows and needs of home repair programs — so you're starting from a foundation that's already been refined for this work, not a blank slate.
The process follows the same structure as other new application programs, with a few Home Repair-specific steps.
Your Role in the Process
1. Review the Onboarding Document
Before your onboarding meeting, Public House will share a document with your screening form and application templates pre-populated with the Home Repair configuration.
Review the templates and highlight any changes you'd like to make in yellow. This keeps your revisions easy to find and discuss during the meeting.
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2. Onboarding Meeting
You'll meet with your Public House contact to walk through your highlighted changes together. This is the right time to ask questions, clarify anything in the templates, and confirm the direction before build begins.
3. Review the Screening Form
Public House will build the screening form and share it for your review. Take this time to work through it as an applicant would — confirm the questions, flow, and any conditional logic look right.
4. Required Documents
Once the screening form is approved, you'll provide details for each required document in your program. For each one, share:
- Title — what the document is called, as applicants will see it
- Section — where in the application it should appear
- Condition — if it should only display in certain situations, describe when (leave blank if it always shows)
Public House will build the required document templates. You'll then fill in:
- Description — what the document is and why applicants need to provide it
- "I don't have it" instructions — what applicants should do if they don't have the document
- Staff instructions — internal guidance for staff reviewing submissions
Heads up on existing required documents: If you'd like to reuse a required document that's already in the system, keep in mind that any changes you make to its description, expiration, required status, or display conditions will apply to all programs using that document. If you need it to work differently for your Home Repair program, let us know and we'll create a new one specific to this program.
5. Test the Application
Once everything is built, you'll receive a link to test the full application. Go through it as an applicant would and confirm:
- The screening form flows correctly
- Questions and sections appear as expected
- Required documents show up in the right places and under the right conditions
- The application moves through the stages correctly
Submit any feedback through the approved mapping document process. Implementation includes up to two consolidated revision rounds.
Timeline note: The process moves fastest when the onboarding document is returned promptly and revision feedback is consolidated before submitting. Revision rounds are typically completed within approximately 2 business days of receiving feedback.