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Una vivienda digna tiene un impacto positivo en la salud de las personas. En Honduras, las familias con un piso nuevo de concreto gastaron un 95 % menos en consultas médicas y medicamentos. De manera similar, en Paraguay, las familias con un nuevo baño experimentaron una disminución del 16 % en las enfermedades diarreicas pediátricas.

Decent housing has a positive impact on people’s health. In Honduras, families with a new concrete floor spent 95 % less in medical consultation and medicine. Similarly, in Paraguay, families with a new bathroom experienced a 16% decrease in pediatric diarrheal diseases.

The campaign drives awareness of global housing need, particularly urgent in the Asia-Pacific region where access to adequate housing provides safety, stability, basic services and increasing resilience.

This year, Habitat marks 50 years of bringing people together to build prosperous and healthy communities. Drawing upon this milestone, the campaign will address the global housing need and bring this urgency forward through pop-up installations, on-the-ground builds and digital storytelling across more than 60 countries. 

Habitat for Humanity Europe and the Middle East joins Let’s Open the Door, a global campaign to ignite urgency around access to affordable and adequate housing.

The global housing crisis is one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Every day, 1 in 3 people worldwide wake up without access to a safe, affordable home—a reality that continues to shape health, opportunity and economic stability across generations.

Sabiendo la importancia que tiene un hogar para las familias y su impacto en las comunidades, junto con nuestros socios, Hábitat para la Humanidad lanza su campaña global “Abramos la Puerta” para concienciar sobre la crisis mundial de la vivienda y movilizar a la gente de todo el mundo para que actúe.