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Habitat for Humanity invests in Cambodian water-access startup TapEffect

August 11, 2022

The investment marks the fifth anniversary of Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund, which has already disbursed US$3 million in equity to 11 housing innovations.

Asia-Pacific housing stakeholders’ call to ‘build forward better’ continues at World Urban Forum, Poland

June 30, 2022

Key findings from the newly published Asia-Pacific Forum report will be brought to the global conversations on housing and shelter amid the impacts of climate change, and COVID-19 during the 11th World Urban Forum on June 26-30, 2022, at Katowice, Poland.

Habitat Indonesia earthquake and tsunami response

Habitat for Humanity delivers statement at Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

May 29, 2022

At the Seventh Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction convened by the United Nations Office for DRR, Habitat for Humanity Indonesia’s National Director Susanto Samsudin delivered the following statement on Habitat’s commitment to achieve the goals of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 and other critical global agendas, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the New Urban Agenda.

Habitat for Humanity’s youth supporters in Asia-Pacific return to on-site volunteering for the first time in two years

April 26, 2022

They mark the peak of a young leaders campaign by building homes alongside families

Eighth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum opening

Eighth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum opens with the call to ‘build forward better’ for greener, safer homes

December 07, 2021

Housing ecosystem stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond are working together towards affordable and inclusive housing.

Sustainable, people-centered solutions for affordable housing to take center stage at eighth Asia-Pacific Housing Forum

November 22, 2021

Housing ecosystem stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond gather to address the urgent need for inclusive, climate-resilient housing.

As the global housing need grows during COVID-19, Habitat helps more than 4.2 million people gain access to new or improved shelter

November 16, 2021

Since 1976, the organization has helped more than 39 million people build or improve the place they call home.

Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter leads transformational investment to increase affordable housing in India

October 21, 2021

As the 3D printed construction market grows, startups and nonprofits alike are beginning to leverage advances in concrete 3D printing technology to address the affordable housing crisis.

Sulochana(L), Bishnu and their family lives in a Habitat home in Odisha, India

Habitat for Humanity report: Construction is vast source of jobs in emerging markets

October 04, 2021

Released to mark 2021’s World Habitat Day, the report’s key findings show investment in residential construction represents a potential win-win-win in emerging markets.