Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties Doubles Annual Home Production with NetSuite + FullClarity
By: Rich Uphus | February 4, 2026
By: Rich Uphus | February 4, 2026
Introduction
Habitat for Humanity of Seattle–King & Kittitas Counties is a nonprofit builder that delivers affordable housing by managing and completing dozens of home builds each year.
They operate at an unusually high volume for a Habitat affiliate—complex urban infill, multi-building projects, and GC + volunteer work run side by side—where funding, compliance, and reporting accuracy must hold up at scale.
Headquarters: Renton, Washington
Founded: 1986
Primary Activities: Homebuilding, Home Repairs, Neighborhood Revitalization, ReStores, Advocacy
At a Glance
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The Challenge
As Habitat for Humanity scaled up, three things created the most pressure on their team:
High-volume delivery with high oversight
Funder/Compliance pressure:
Manual reporting didn’t scale:
The Solution: Construction for NetSuite
What mattered to the team was having a system they could depend on every day as volume and complexity increased. They pointed to four practical FullClarity-driven improvements:
Systemized reporting (built in the NetSuite system)
Job cost reporting that the construction team trusts
Cleaner funding attribution
Room to evolve as requirements become clearer
The Results
1. More than doubled annual production
2. Built a foundation for growth without proportional hiring
3. Funding scale-up alongside the new system
4. Reduced risk in cost-reimbursement funding
5. Better positioning for stricter funders
Snapshot: What Changed Operationally
As Habitat for Humanity scaled, the biggest shift was moving away from “tribal knowledge” and hand-built reporting toward repeatable, systemized workflows, especially around reporting and funder attribution.
Moving Forward
With Oracle NetSuite + FullClarity in place, Habitat for Humanity's focus is now on getting more out of what they’ve already put in place: refining workflows, tightening reporting, and continuing to improve how they manage project financials and cost-reimbursement tracking as production scales.
“The opportunity and the bottleneck is our ability to unlock the potential of the system… to really take it into fourth and fifth gear," shared Scott Slater.