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Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization that helps families build and improve places to call home. We believe affordable housing plays a critical role in strong and stable communities.

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A bright and healthy future ahead

Yulisa and Guillermo yearn for a home where their son, Cesar, will have the freedom to play and grow. Now the couple is building an affordable Habitat home with the help of Wells Fargo volunteers and the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, From shade to shelter, Habitat for Humanity

Rockefeller Center Christmas tree’s journey into a Habitat home

Each year since 2007, lumber milled from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been used to help a family build their Habitat house.

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Habitat for Humanity Committed to long-term recovery of U.S. Southeast ahead of Hurricane Milton landfall

October 08, 2024

Habitat for Humanity teams are readying their response as Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall early Thursday in Florida, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene’s devastating impact on the U.S. Southeast.

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Spotlighting 6 neighbors helping neighbors at Carter Work Project 2024

Among the Carter Work Project 2024 volunteers were current Twin Cities Habitat homeowners, who understand firsthand the challenges of unstable housing. This year, they’re excited to continue to give back and help their future neighbors build homes, community and hope in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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Research series: How does housing affect children’s education?

Making direct connections between housing and its impact on children’s education is challenging, but studies have drawn a pathway between owning a decent, affordable, and stable home and experiencing positive educational outcomes.

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Advancing Black Homeownership

Habitat for Humanity’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live, but a structure of intentional and systemic racial discrimination in the U.S. has created barriers to homeownership for many Black families.

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Research series: Who has access to homeownership?

Affordable homeownership has long-lasting and life-changing impacts on households. In this evidence brief, Habitat takes a look at who currently has access to homeownership and what factors play a role in the U.S.

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Service opportunities for teens

Whether you’re in high school, college or on a gap year between the two, community service programs can play a powerful role in helping you find your passion and your voice while volunteering.

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Should I donate this to the Habitat ReStore?

When cleaning, remodeling or moving, you often run into household items you no longer use, but that are still in great condition. Whether it be items like the windows you just replaced or an old TV, you may wonder, “Should I donate this?”

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.

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Rosalynn Carter’s impact on Habitat

Look back on Mrs. Carter’s extraordinary legacy and hands-on commitment to Habitat’s mission.

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2023: Catalyzing communities for global solutions

In fiscal year 2023, we helped 13.4 million people build or improve a place to call home. Take a look through our interactive annual report celebrating the impact our work has made in communities around the world over the past year.

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Home is the Key build day with O-Cedar and At Home.

The value of volunteering

Research has shown that volunteering is associated with improved health and well-being, including increased longevity, adoption of healthy lifestyles and reduction in depression and stress. Dive into the research around these benefits in our evidence brief.

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