Impact

What every projectgives back.

We measure every project the same way, from the first site report to closeout, and we publish the totals.

Promises are easy.Proof is certified.

Community development runs on trust: a city releasing land, a funder releasing a draw, a neighborhood living through construction. Every Haggai Home project closes with an impact report built from the project’s own records and the state’s published rates, and verified before we publish it.

What you will see at closeout

The certified impact report as a city council, a funder, or a neighbor receives it, with what each part means beside it.

Haggai HomeImpact report · HH-IR1
Certified closeout impact report

Neighborhood Infill Program

Six homes on scattered sites · Camden, New Jersey · Residential · Tax year 2025 rates

Saved and reinvested$122,3005.6% under the approved budget
Added property tax$31,089every year, from lots that paid $760
Worker hours10,24037% worked by city residents
Homes delivered64 vacant lots, 2 vacant shells
How to read it

This is the report every Haggai Home project closes with: one page that shows what the work returned. The figures here are illustrative; the property tax lines use Camden’s official 2025 rates.

01Saved and reinvested
Approved budget, total development cost
$2,184,000
Final cost at closeout
$2,061,700
Saved against the approved budget
$122,300Verified
Reinvested in
Acquisition and predevelopment of the next two lots in the same neighborhood
02Return to the city
Property tax per year
BeforeAfter completion
Municipality$376$15,764
Schools$188$7,869
County$196$8,215
Total$760$31,848
Added every year$31,089

Before: four city owned lots, exempt, and two vacant shells assessed at $20,600. After: assessed at $863,800 on a market value of $1,494,000. Camden City general tax rate 3.687 per $100 and average ratio 57.82%, from the NJ Division of Taxation’s 2025 tables. Official rates

Added property tax over ten years, at today’s rate
$310,888
Tax abatement or payment in lieu of taxesWhen one applies, it is shown on its own line, never netted out of the totals.
None applied
Permit and land use fees paid to the city
$41,850
Realty transfer fees at sale, to the state and county
$4,648Official schedule
Lots returned to the tax rolls
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03Employment pathways
Total worker hours, from certified payroll
10,240
Hours worked by city residents
3,790 · 37%
Apprentice and pre-apprentice hours
1,180 · 11.5%
New hires
6, of whom 4 live in the city
Contract value with minority and women owned firms
41%
Construction spending with firms based in the city
$706,700 · 39%
Training partners
2
04Homes and space delivered
Homes completed
6 · 9,400 square feet
New construction on vacant lots
4
Vacant shells rebuilt and occupied
2
Homes sold to households at or below 80% of area median income
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05Certification
Haggai Home

We certify that every figure in this report is drawn from the project’s closeout ledger, its certified payroll, and the official sources cited, and that none is estimated.

John Martin · Co-founder
Luke Santangelo · Co-founder
Verification

The savings, spending, and workforce figures are checked against the ledger, invoices, and certified payroll before the report is published. Where a partner or funder requires it, an outside accountant reviews them.

Verified by
Official sources
  • NJ Division of Taxation, 2025 General Tax Rates by County and Municipality
  • NJ Division of Taxation, Director’s 2025 Table of Equalized Valuations
  • Camden County Board of Taxation, 2025 Abstract of Ratables
  • NJ Division of Taxation, Realty Transfer Fee schedules
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Partnering with Haggai Home

What the report is worthto each partner.

  1. 01 · Community development corporationsYour mission, documented to a funder’s standard.

    Every dollar saved is traced from the approved budget to the next project, and every hour of local hiring comes from certified payroll. The report goes straight into grant reports, board packets, and the annual audit. Your staff stays on the community; we carry the construction, the paperwork, and the proof.

  2. 02 · MunicipalitiesA clear return on every lot you release.

    Before a lot leaves the city’s hands, you see what it will pay in property tax, fees, and spending, from the state’s published rates. At closeout you receive the certified result: lots back on the tax rolls, any abatement on its own line, and the jobs your residents held.

  3. 03 · Residents and community stakeholdersResults you can hold us to.

    Vacant lots become homes, neighbors are hired to build them, and the results are published project by project, checked against the project’s own records. The same report every time, so one project can be compared with the next.

Why we do this, and how we keep doing it

Every project pays forpart of the next one.

  1. 01Build it right

    Every project runs from one locked budget and one schedule, managed meticulously, so it finishes at or under cost.

  2. 02Count every dollar

    At closeout, the final cost is set against the approved budget line by line, and the savings are recorded.

  3. 03Prove it

    Every figure is checked against the ledger, certified payroll, and the state’s published tables before we publish the report.

  4. 04Put it back

    The savings fund the next site: acquisition, predevelopment, and the work that starts another lot. The certified record earns the next release of land and the next funding commitment.

We exist to rebuild connected communities. Running construction meticulously is how we pay for it, and the certified report is how we earn the right to keep doing it, one lot at a time.

What we measure on every project

MeasureWhat it countsWhere the number comes from
01Saved and reinvestedReporting begins with our first completed projects.
What it counts

Final cost against the approved budget, and where the savings went.

Where the number comes from

Each project's locked budget and closeout ledger.

02Employment pathwaysReporting begins with our first completed projects.
What it counts

Hours worked by local residents, apprentice and pre-apprentice hours, new hires, training partners.

Where the number comes from

Monthly workforce reports filed with each pay application.

03Return to the cityReporting begins with our first completed projects.
What it counts

Property tax before and after completion, permit and land use fees, construction spending.

Where the number comes from

The state's published tax rates and equalization ratios, and the city's fee ordinance.

04Homes and space deliveredReporting begins with our first completed projects.
What it counts

Homes, mixed use, and commercial square feet completed.

Where the number comes from

Closeout records.

Construction as apathway to work.

Every contract we sign carries a workforce plan: goals for local hiring, apprenticeship hours, and partnerships with training programs. Contractors report against it every month, and we publish the results.

Every project paysthe city back.

Before we recommend a site, we show what it will generate for the city in property tax, fees, and spending, using official published rates. Any tax abatement is shown on its own line, never hidden in the totals.

Bring usa site.

We will show you what it can become, what it will cost, what it gives back to the community, and how we would build it.

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