This project will focus on helping build safe, decent housing for communities living in extreme poverty in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu.
From city halls to statehouses, Habitat is working alongside partners and advocates in the United States to drive real change — reforming zoning laws, unlocking funding and shaping policies that make homeownership more attainable.
When we ask Habitat homeowners what their homes make possible for them, their answers — just as they share them with us — fit together like poetry. The powerful poetry of lives changed and futures transformed.
Emma Funfar and Dot Hannon — one a Habitat Cape Cod homeowner, the other a volunteer — have become close friends. Their bond, as happens so often, has lasted long after the build.
Help us celebrate all of the families who have achieved strength, stability and self-reliance in our 40 years of building.
The new fund aims to unlock flexible capital for Habitat affiliates to build affordable housing at scale.
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, families piece together their homes and their lives with the support of Habitat Hammers Back, Habitat’s hurricane recovery initiative.
Mauk, Indonesia, is home to 90,000 people, with an average of four to five individuals per household. Around 35,000 live in extreme poverty. This project will help build decent, climate-resilient housing to help improve the lives of people living in extremely poor conditions.
Neighborhood revitalization is a long-term, holistic strategy that supports residents to improve the quality of life in under-resourced communities. Habitat takes a local and community-based approach to neighborhood revitalization to ensure that our work is driven by those with lived experience.