Habitat for Humanity of Central Arizona

Most Admired Company: 2016

Top Arizona executive: Jason Barlow, president and CEO

What it does: Nonprofit homebuilder for low-income families.

Admirable quality: Habitat has built more than 1,100 hundred homes in the Valley since 1985 for people who otherwise would not have qualified for a conventional home loan. Habitat’s goal this year is to serve more than 300 families who need a new home, home repairs, or other help in and around their neighborhood. All of Habitat’s homes are built to Energy Star standards and five earned LEED certification from USGBC this year.

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