affordable housing for emerging markets
Habitat for Humanity International and Hilti Foundation have signed a renewed partnership. They want to improve access to housing products and finances in India, Kenya, Philippines and Peru.
Habitat for Humanity International and Hilti Foundation have signed a renewed partnership. They want to improve access to housing products and finances in India, Kenya, Philippines and Peru.
From 2017 to 2021, Habitat for Humanity led a consortium of 14 partners from seven European countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom) to engage young people and Europeans citizens in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Global housing challenges need solutions. We are campaigning for sustainable housing around the world.
Residents across Central and Eastern Europe insulate their homes, cut individual energy bills and improve their building’s grim exterior through the REELIH project funded by the USAID.
Housing microfinance “is all about being small scale, affordable and lending responsibly. And it is working,” writes Habitat’s Kevin Chetty for the online site Place.
Gender inequality creates obstacles for many women who want to build their houses and earn an independent living. For them, land-ownership rights are a foundation for an independent life.
We call for gender parity and commit to put young schoolgirls and women at the heart of our water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives. Without proper sanitation facilities, they tend to miss school or dropout from classes.
Partnership-for-action conference addresses need of land ownership for women in Africa.
NBA Family and Habitat for Humanity South Africa joined hands to build homes for local families in Lenasia South.
At our conference in Africa we discussed the need to view land differently – not in purely technical terms, but to find solutions that are pro-poor, gender-responsive, accountable and sustainable.