The role of housing in educational opportunities
A family’s living conditions can play a significant role in a child’s educational opportunities and achievements.
A family’s living conditions can play a significant role in a child’s educational opportunities and achievements.
Growing up in a decent, affordable home can have a powerful effect on children. Studies draw a straight line between the quality, location and affordability of housing and a child’s ability to thrive.
A decent, affordable house can have a significant impact on a family’s health.
Habitat for Humanity marks its fourth year of partnership with Ply Gem in 2019. The company’s donation of siding, windows and accessories has helped families across the U.S. fulfill their dream of owning a decent and affordable Habitat home.
Reckford and leaders from 13 other major nonprofit organizations are urging the “Trump administration to immediately stop this wrong and immoral policy.”
Walter was overcome with emotion the first time he took a shower in his new bathroom that Habitat helped build — it was the first time the 81-year-old had a bathroom to shower in.
Retiree John Harris continued to volunteer at Habitat Hall County ReStore during his cancer treatment. “I believe that Habitat gave me a mission to be healthy.”
In addition to a $1 million donation to Habitat and two other organizations, Nissan will actively promote local volunteer opportunities and ways TITAN enthusiasts can get involved through a new campaign website, CallingAllTITANs.com.
Lynda Henriksen, director of communications and fund development at Habitat Brant-Norfolk, shares how she’s seen firsthand — through her own life and by working at Habitat — just how important the role of stable housing can play in lifting people up.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the U.S. was facing extreme housing challenges. Now, with hours, wages and jobs cut as a result of the coronavirus, even more individuals are facing housing instability.