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How housing affects child development

Growing up in a decent, affordable home can have a powerful effect on children. Studies draw a straight line between the quality, location and affordability of housing and a child’s ability to thrive.

Favorite finds from the ReStore

We asked you — our ReStore shoppers — to share favorite items found at a Habitat for Humanity ReStore, and we received an enormous response both on social media and here on the blog.

Safe water in Fiji and Zambia

Recent Habitat sanitation projects in Fiji and Zambia have improved the lives of people and their communities.

Why we love Habitat

Longtime volunteers and Habitat Humanitarians Jonathan and Drew Scott share why they support our work.

Because of this house poetry

When we ask Habitat homeowners what their homes make possible for them, their answers — just as they share them with us — fit together like poetry. The powerful poetry of lives changed and futures transformed.

Building a new life with help from friends

A former deputy sheriff builds a more accessible home in Minnesota with help from his friends.

What inspires you to build with Habitat?

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?”

DIY bathroom vanity from wooden pallets

Taking old pallets and turning them into a new sink vanity proves that reusable materials really can be found anywhere.

2018 Home is the Key Build with the Scott Brothers drawing

Two lucky drawing winners will build with Drew and Jonathan Scott in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 2, as they join volunteers to help two future Habitat for Humanity homeowners begin construction on their homes.

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