“No matter where my kids go, when we talk about home, everybody’s heart is here,” says Peggy, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran who was able to repair her family home with the support of Habitat and The Home Depot Foundation.
Habitat-USAID/BHA’s Humanitarian Shelter and Settlements fellowship offered students a chance to deepen their research and boost their professional careers. Learn about the fellows who were part of this innovative program and their inspiring work.
Thank you to the generous sponsors of the 2025 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.
World Habitat, in partnership with UN-Habitat, today announced that Habitat for Humanity’s MicroBuild Fund has received a 2023 Silver World Habitat Award.
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.
For Aretha, the accessibility features in her Habitat home “make a big difference” for her and her two children, 23-year-old Devin and 22-year-old Zacaya.
For Jessica, there has never been anything more important than providing a safe and secure home for her two children. Seeing her youngest crawling in an unhealthy home, Jessica says, “That was my breaking point where I said, ‘I need to make a move,’ and Habitat was that move.”
Regina and Larry’s search for a comfortable home led them to Habitat. The couple was approved for the homeownership program and immediately began volunteering and rooting themselves in their new community.
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The award will provide additional capital that Habitat Mortgage Solutions can leverage to create a new financial product to help U.S. Habitat affiliates build more affordable homes, with a focus on very low-income households.