This week, at the Buildings and Climate Global Forum in Paris, governments signed on to endorse a Déclaration de Chaillot, or common declaration, outlining common principles and cooperation framework for global efforts to achieve decarbonisation and climate change resilience in the buildings sector.
Momajon and Karim were able to build their house at one go with the help of low-interest loans from a microfinance bank and construction planning from Habitat Tajikistan.
Orientation for incoming freshmen at Virginia’s Roanoke College includes building a brand new home alongside a Habitat family.
Shawnee, Tami and Bobby represent three of the 13 families in the Towns at Ivy City development — and 41 in the larger Ivy City neighborhood — that have benefited from an ongoing partnership between D.C.’s Department of Housing and Community Development and Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C.
Through Habitat Capital, Habitat helps our U.S. affiliates build homes and provide affordable mortgages. Habitat Capital creates and provides financial services and capital that enable equitable homeownership opportunities and affordable housing solutions for underserved people.
Finding a decent, affordable place to call home was an ongoing challenge for Donyelle, a public school employee for 38 years. “We were really in need of better housing,” Donyelle says.
A Habitat for Humanity house is a hand up, a step up for families who — many of them for the very first time — are achieving a decent, affordable place to live.
