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Social Renting NOW! in Argentina

March 22, 2024

As part of the Home Equals campaign, Habitat Argentina developed the Social Rental Workshops with sessions between actors from different sectors to analyze together the problems suffered by families who cannot access rental housing in adequate conditions in the country, as well as possible solutions.

Hábitat para la Humanidad pide a los líderes mundiales en la COP28 que den prioridad a una vivienda adecuada y asequible

Habitat participates in the World Forum on Buildings and Climate

March 16, 2024

The inclusion of adequate and affordable housing in the Déclaration de Chaillot is a major step after the Buildings and Climate Global Forum. Habitat urges governments to address the housing and climate crises together, and above all, to take action to protect the most vulnerable families, who are the ones affected by climate change.

Hábitat Guatemala cambia la realidad de 1 millón de personas

Habitat Guatemala changes the reality for 1 million people

March 09, 2024

Habitat Guatemala celebrates 45 years of work in the country with the campaign named 1 Million Dreams Accomplished. During these years, the organization has improved the homes of one million people and will celebrate by raising awareness of the existing housing need in the country and building four complete homes and 15 concrete floors for 95 adults and children over seven days.

Habitat for Humanity calls on global leaders at COP28 to prioritize adequate and affordable housing

December 08, 2023

Habitat for Humanity International is calling on delegates at the COP28 climate change conference to prioritize the housing needs of vulnerable populations, particularly those who are living in slums and informal settlements, by taking action that will meaningfully address the impact of climate change on safe, decent and affordable housing.

Habitat for Humanity Argentina promotes a campaign to incorporate social renting into the agenda of electoral proposals for 2023

November 13, 2023

Habitat for Humanity Argentina relaunched the campaign #AlquilerSocialYa, to put on the agenda, in a key election year, the urgency of implementing public policies that provide answers to the housing crisis.

UNACEM and the UNACEM Association of Peru join the regional initiative 100,000 Floors to Play On

November 03, 2023

Through the Urban and Rural Planning intervention line, UNACEM and the UNACEM Association have joined the regional initiative 100,000 Floors to Play On with the goal of building more than 16,000 m2 of concrete floors in Peru in community sports fields, school playgrounds, community parks, health facilities, and community kitchens.

Hábitat para la Humanidad Guatemala realiza el Foro de vivienda en el país

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala holds the XV National Forum on Social Housing in the country

October 18, 2023

Habitat for Humanity Guatemala held the XV National Forum on Social Housing, generating a crucial space for dialogue, reflection, and collaboration among diverse actors such as government, NGOs, specialists in the construction sector, academics and civil society.

Expertos hacen llamado para enfrentar los efectos del cambio climático desde viviendas resilientes

Experts call for resilient housing to address the effects of climate change

August 18, 2023

During the 5th Housing Forum, organized by Habitat for Humanity and convened by the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub (UHPH), international experts and main actors in the region’s housing sector officially called upon governments and authorities to have their administrations work, through intersectoral partnerships, toward finding solutions that turn homes into resilient places where families can cope with the current climate crisis.

Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum

Latin American authorities analyze climate change and its effects on housing in the region

July 31, 2023

Habitat for Humanity’s 5th Housing Forum in Bogotá brings together representatives of the United Nations, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, government, private sector, academia and civil society, among others. The event’s aims are for authorities to be able to recognize urgent challenges in housing and habitat, share and propose solutions, and summon the commitment, investments and resources this emergency demands.

Habitat launches Home Equals campaign

May 15, 2023

Habitat for Humanity and our partners around the world today launched a five-year campaign, called Home Equals, seeking policy changes at the local, national and global levels to increase access to adequate housing in informal settlements.

El fondo MicroBuild obtiene galardón por apoyar a más de un millón de familias

MicroBuild fund wins award for supporting more than one million families

January 06, 2023

Habitat for Humanity’s MicroBuild fund won the Habitat 2023 World Habitat Award, silver category, after allowing more than one million low-income families to improve or build their homes through small loans. The World Habitat Awards are the leading global housing awards. It is organized by World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, and is characterized by recognizing revolutionary ideas, projects or programs in housing.

Más de 7,1 millones de personas tienen hoy una vivienda segura

More than 7.1 million people now have a safe house

November 29, 2022

A concrete floor in a house provides safety, comfort, health, and empowerment for the family that lives there. This was taught to us by María Natalia from Guatemala, who now has a concrete floor in her home instead of a dirt floor. She makes a living weaving traditional Guatemalan embroidery. Today, she carries out her economic activity from the comfort of her home. She does it without pain in her knees due to the stones and irregularity of the dirt floor, nor does she inhale dust, nor do her textiles get dirty. Her story is part of Habitat for Humanity’s latest Annual Report 2022, which summarizes the results of the organization’s work, conducted in the fiscal year 2022, in more than 70 countries.