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See our global capacity overview or read Habitat’s country level capacity statements, which include specific areas of programming and expertise. 

Habitat and Lowe’s are continuing their two-decade-long partnership with a strategic focus to support home repair and rehab projects across the U.S.

Mary Kay Huss, Richmond Metropolitan Habitat chief executive officer, talks about historic housing discrimination and what Habitat is doing to help advance Black homeownership locally.

Habitat’s Advancing Black Homeownership initiative deepens our commitment to increase homeownership opportunities for Black individuals and families through programs that will help end the social and economic disparity many Black people and communities of color continue to face.

“Taking a shower and having proper handrails in the tub. The handrail in the hallway for helping us steady ourselves,” Bryant says. “They’re little things, but they’re game-changers when you get older.”

When we asked the children of Habitat for Humanity homeowners all around to draw how they see their homes, we were awed by their responses. Help us continue to work toward a world where everyone has a safe, decent and affordable place to live.

Children living in inadequate housing in urban areas are one of the most vulnerable groups globally. Read our discussion paper, written in collaboration with UN-Habitat and UNICEF for the World Urban Forum, on challenges faced by children in urban areas and strategies to enable a sustainable future for them.

UN-Habitat predicts that 3 billion people will need adequate shelter by 2030 but making that need tangible — and such a large number relatable — isn’t easy. Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria has answered that challenge with something unexpected: art.

Habitat Mexico was helping families construct safe and durable homes near Camilo’s village and he frequently made the hours-long journey on horseback to their work site to check on their progress, learn about Habitat’s construction program and try to convince them to expand their program to his hometown further south — his persistence paid off.