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6 facts about Habitat’s sustainability efforts

Home affordability and sustainable building go hand-in-hand. Want a peek at how we’re helping homeowners and our planet? Check out these six facts for a glimpse into Habitat’s expansive sustainability work.

Ensuring access to and development of communities of opportunity

Everyone deserves to live in a stronger and healthier community — and to contribute to how that community is shaped over time, which is why we have focused on advocating for policies that protect and strengthen neighborhoods and enable communities to thrive. 

Increasing the supply and preservation of affordable homes

As communities across the U.S. have faced shortages of safe, decent housing, we have focused on various strategies for increasing the supply and preservation of affordable homes where residents are able to live and raise families.

Paving the road to housing resilience

Donated vehicles from Nissan help us expand our capacity to assist communities in recovery and rebuilding efforts after disaster, build homes more affordably and work alongside even more families as they build and improve their homes.  

Shelter Venture Fund

Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund invests in innovative startup firms in order to help make quality products and services available to low-income families to improve their shelter and living conditions.

Schneider Electric celebrates 20 years of partnership with Habitat for Humanity International

Through the ongoing partnership, Schneider Electric is continuing to provide electrical equipment for Habitat homes across North America, renewing their commitment to making affordable housing more accessible, sustainable and energy-efficient.

Find your local Habitat

Find local Habitat for Humanity organizations and ReStores near you.

Historic housing discrimination in the U.S.

Too many among the general public aren’t aware that the egregious racial disparities in America that exist today — in education, employment, health and wealth — are linked to Black families’ exclusion from accessing decent and affordable shelter – something we all need to thrive.

Bringing communities together through Home Builders Blitz

Hear from just a few of the professional homebuilders and suppliers who helped Habitat partner with 230 families during the 2019 Home Builders Blitz to build, renovate and repair homes in communities nationwide.

Qualifications for a Habitat homeowner

Find out more about the qualifications for Habitat homeownership.

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