Habitat ReStores accept many used home goods and household items, salvaged renovation materials and surplus construction products. Find out what you can donate to a Habitat ReStore to keep your old housewares out of the landfill.
At the World Urban Forum, Habitat is showcasing five innovative models that address key global housing challenges. The models demonstrate how housing solutions can be a powerful tool for transforming cities, tackling climate change, addressing urban crises and promoting inclusion of marginalized groups.
August 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Our response to the storm was a major moment for the organization – unrivaled in our U.S. network’s history.
At Habitat, we believe every community deserves not only the right to recover, but the power to thrive. That’s why we’re reimagining disaster recovery — building resilience in housing and restoring lives with dignity and justice at the center of all we do.
When you co-fund a project, you help transform lives. By building housing, we build beyond the physical homes: adequate living conditions have a powerful impact on the livelihoods, health, education and more of households and communities.
Learn more about how Build Beyond’s projects are designed, funded and delivered.
Among the Carter Work Project 2024 volunteers were current Twin Cities Habitat homeowners, who understand firsthand the challenges of unstable housing. This year, they’re excited to continue to give back and help their future neighbors build homes, community and hope in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In 2023, Habitat funded the Urban Institute to assess policy changes and interview stakeholders from Cost of Home’s first four years. Researchers identified six key strategies for driving policy and systems change.
Achieving policy solutions in the four areas laid out by our Cost of Home campaign platform has enabled families to have greater access to homes they can afford — and to all the opportunities that follow.
International housing nonprofit aids communities impacted by Harvey and Irma.
