From building local parks to scaling homebuilding to opening community gardens, discover how residents and affiliates are using Habitat’s neighborhood revitalization approach to drive change in their communities.
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and hundreds of volunteers joined families in Dallas and Fort Worth to help build and renovate homes.
Meet just a few of your fellow builders, past and present, who represent the heart, soul and muscle behind Habitat’s work.
President and Mrs. Carter. Making a difference. The future. These are just a few of the answers that volunteers and future Habitat homeowners gave at the Carter Work Project when asked, “What inspires you to build with Habitat?”
Each year since 2007, the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree on display in New York City is milled and donated to Habitat for Humanity to use in construction projects. Lumber from the 2022 tree was used to build a deck and planter boxes at Sarah’s Habitat home in Corinth, New York.
A majority of Americans believe that it is challenging to find affordable quality housing in their communities and more than half of all adults say they have made at least one trade-off in order to cover their rent or mortgage.
I have been privileged to be a part of five Hope Journey trips, which enable me to participate firsthand in Habitat for Humanity’s work.
Read about a study showing how safe, decent housing makes a difference in childhood development, health and learning.