Homeowner Kathy reflects on what life has brought her after she and her daughters moved into their Habitat home in Boise, Idaho, 25 years ago. “Back then, before Habitat, I figured that homeownership would always be out of reach,” she says.
Today, in recognition of housing’s critical role in climate mitigation and adaptation, Habitat for Humanity has made specific programmatic commitments toward accelerating low-income families’ access to low-carbon, resilient housing solutions.
This year, Habitat marks 50 years of bringing people together to build prosperous and healthy communities. Drawing upon this milestone, the campaign will address the global housing need and bring this urgency forward through pop-up installations, on-the-ground builds and digital storytelling across more than 60 countries.
Each year since 2007, lumber milled from the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been used to help a family build their Habitat house.
The 2010 Haiti earthquake crushed Marie Solange Beauvil’s house, but not her spirit.
Find out about bill S 1344, that would make a technical clarification to a Dodd-Frank regulation in order to allow Habitat for Humanity affiliates to continue to receive donated appraisals on homes for Habitat builds.
“My time in AmeriCorps has really reinforced that helping people is what I want to be doing.”
We train people like Sharada in the skills needed to help with post-earthquake rebuilding efforts in Nepal.
For these two volunteers, volunteering at a Habitat ReStore means sharing their love of crafting.