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Community members volunteer for a neighborhood clean-up day at the Community House.

Habitat partners with residents to revitalize an under-resourced Louisiana neighborhood

With support from Lafayette Habitat, residents in McComb-Veazey, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Lafayette, Louisiana, are leading neighborhood revitalization projects to transform their community.

Wide shot of Habitat build site with Team Depot volunteers working on framing multiple houses

Stronger than ever

After a 2021 tornado outbreak, families in two of the affected Kentucky communities worked alongside volunteers to build their homes during blitz builds supported by The Home Depot Foundation.

Neighbors build community through multifamily homes

Brenda and Heidi were both searching for healthy homes where they could pay an affordable mortgage, and they found them in Habitat Midland’s multifamily community. Now the two women live in sustainable homes built with the support of Habitat and DuPont where they can feel safe and secure.

Woman holds her 2-year-old son in front of their Habitat home.

Habitat accesses federal funding to increase affordable homeownership in Minnesota

Financial support and housing programs from federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture can have a major impact on the number of families Habitat affiliates can partner with. For North St. Louis County Habitat in rural Minnesota, USDA funding has helped the affiliate increase their affordable homebuilding.

Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford smiling with volunteers.

Habitat for Humanity’s highlights from the World Economic Forum

Leading experts, international organizations, over 100 governments and more gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual meeting this January. Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford attended to give affordable housing a seat at the table.

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree’s journey into a Habitat home

Deck the halls

Each year since 2007, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on display in New York City is milled and donated to Habitat for Humanity to use in construction projects. Lumber from the 2022 tree was used to build a deck and planter boxes at Sarah’s Habitat home in Corinth, New York.

Before and after photos of an underutilized apartment rehabilitated by Habitat Poland.

Converting underutilized spaces into adequate housing

Habitat is transforming underutilized buildings and vacant apartments into adequate housing, demonstrating that upgrading existing buildings can be a viable component to addressing the global housing deficit.

From Gaza to Romania: A story of strength and hope

“We were waiting for death,” says Asma, a 23-year-old nursing school graduate and the daughter of Khaled and Daniela. Reflecting on the past month in Gaza, she recounts the experiences of her family. Her father, a 60-year-old mechanical engineer, and her mother, a 54-year-old born and raised in Brașov, Romania, were part of the first group of evacuees from the Gaza Strip to arrive in Romania on November 8. Their large, close-knit family of 13 includes their 6-month-old granddaughter Hanan, whose name means compassion and affection.

Black and white photo from 1990 of Rosalynn Carter smiling while working on the build site

Slideshow: Rosalynn Carter and Habitat for Humanity

View a slideshow of Rosalynn Carter’s work with Habitat for Humanity.