How substandard housing affects families and the difference Habitat is making
When housing isn’t affordable and secure, families suffer.
When housing isn’t affordable and secure, families suffer.
With every house we build, we help a Habitat partner family open the door to a better life. And in addition to using our hammers, we also use our voices to call for sound housing policy around the world.
“Every day I when wake up in this house and I sit in the back warming up my car or I sit in the front or I’m shoveling a sidewalk, I just look up at it and sometimes still can’t believe that I own this. This is mine!”
If you volunteer with Habitat for Humanity DeKalb in Atlanta, you might get the opportunity to work with construction supervisor Bobby Dunn.
Partnering with Habitat brings homeowners a world of new opportunities: financial security, potential advancement in jobs and education, independence, a strong sense of community and — perhaps best of all — the freedom and security of living without crushing housing costs or overwhelming worry.
In all of these love stories, Habitat has played a special role in bringing couples closer through service.
As part of WD-40 Company’s ongoing effort to make things better than they are today, WD-40® Brand will donate 50 cents to Habitat for Humanity International for every 12 oz. can of WD-40® Smart Straw® sold at participating Lowe’s Home Improvement stores between now and April 30, 2020.
In 2023, Habitat launched a sustainable design innovation challenge, generously sponsored by Weyerhauser, with the goal of increasing access to affordable, high-quality homes by encouraging innovative ideas that promote sustainability and resiliency. Check out a slideshow of the results.
Check out my attempt to use layout builder
Charlotte found the pieces of an old kitchen island at her local ReStore and transformed it into, as she calls it, her “kitchen savior.”