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Habitat for Humanity’s U.S. and international affiliates build durable, healthy and sustainable houses at the lowest possible cost.

Nearly 1 in 6 households in the U.S. pay more than half of their income on a place to live, an issue only heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through our interactive Cost of Home experience, you can walk through the decisions a household has to make as they work to cover all their other costs. Could you help them make it work?

Benjamin and Teresa thought affordable homeownership was out of reach until they found Habitat. Now the homeowners are active community leaders, and their family is flourishing.

“We know we have a permanent place now,” says Poe Shee. “We can plan for things.”

For teenagers Jamian and Jaquille, the best gift they’ve ever received is the home their mother built for them. Now the holidays are about celebrating the gifts the house keeps giving — a place to study, a place to have friends over, a place to create their family traditions.

Diane is the first member of her family to own her own home thanks to Habitat for Humanity.

Matthias is proud of his mom Yashica who helped build her new home with the help of Habitat for Humanity.

Learn more about home affordability in the U.S. and how record-low housing supply has made the dream of homeownership unattainable for millions - especially true for low-income households and households of color.

In November, Habitat Guatemala marked a major milestone with the dedication of its 75,000th house. Families like Hember’s now have a safe, stable place to call home.