Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford discusses how the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 has also become a housing emergency. For far too many families, the message of “shelter in place” isn’t as straightforward as it sounds.
Now more than ever, families need the security and stability of a decent home they can afford. At Home, State Farm and U.S. Bank support Habitat’s mission of building strength and stability through affordable housing.
Habitat’s definition of decent housing includes access to clean water, something more than 40% of Zambians don’t have. By partnering with Habitat Zambia, many communities can now access clean, treated water.
In this essay, Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford reflects on our organization’s mission, vision and faith principles, reaffirming certainty that Habitat stands in its its fierce commitment to the equality of all people and its unfailing devotion to the creation of opportunity for all.
We are deeply grateful to the many partners who help Habitat for Humanity build decent and affordable housing in the United States and around the world.
Spokesperson and volunteer Holly Robinson Peete sounds the call for National Women Build Week.
Homeowner Youkhanna is one of Habitat for Humanity’s biggest advocates. “I tell people in the grocery, in church, wherever I go, how Habitat for Humanity has changed my life.”
Formerly homeless as a child, college student Devon Harrison volunteers with Habitat and helps a family achieve the stability she knows is so important.
From around the world, some of the youngest residents of Habitat homes show the beauty and individuality of their houses through hand-drawn illustrations of their unique homes.