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Closing the housing gender gap and building hope one microloan at a time

Enida, 30, was born just before the outbreak of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She grew up in a one-room household on a hilltop of Baščaršija, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Sarajevo, with her brother and parents. For 23 years, the family occupied a 25 square meter space with one window and no dedicated bathroom nor kitchen.

What is energy poverty?

Energy powers communities. Healthcare workers and teachers depend on energy to heal and educate their communities. Energy keeps homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

Creating a decent place to live for residents of Peace Island in Monrovia

Habitat for Humanity and its partner organization World Hope International, along with YMCA and the government of Liberia, completed construction works of a multi-year complex slum upgrading project to improve access to water, sanitation, solid waste collection services and a community infrastructure facility to promote social cohesion in Peace Island, Congo Town.  

iBuild enters Kenyan housing market

A mobile application iBUILD helps Kenyans access affordable housing supply. It guides them through every stage of the housing construction process, however big or small.

Turning Empty Buildings into Homes. How Bytom Shows a New Way Forward in Affordable Housing

In the heart of Bytom, a historic 19th-century tenement building on Piekarska Street, Poland, has been given a new life. Long abandoned and deteriorating, the building has been transformed into four warm, safe, and modern apartments, offering families—including Ukrainian refugees and local residents—a chance to call this central Silesian city home. What was once a vacant, neglected property is now a symbol of hope, cooperation, and sustainable urban regeneration. It is proof that solving Europe’s housing crisis does not always require new construction—sometimes it’s about breathing new life into what already exists.

disaster resilient homes

In an initial two-year partnership, Proman will support Habitat for Humanity`s disaster resilience and emergency response projects in Trinidad and Tobago, Europe and the United States.