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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.

Reckford and leaders from 13 other major nonprofit organizations are urging the “Trump administration to immediately stop this wrong and immoral policy.”

Retiree John Harris continued to volunteer at Habitat Hall County ReStore during his cancer treatment. “I believe that Habitat gave me a mission to be healthy.” 

Lynda Henriksen, director of communications and fund development at Habitat Brant-Norfolk, shares how she’s seen firsthand — through her own life and by working at Habitat — just how important the role of stable housing can play in lifting people up.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the U.S. was facing extreme housing challenges. Now, with hours, wages and jobs cut as a result of the coronavirus, even more individuals are facing housing instability.

Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford issued this comment on a White House and CDC order aimed at temporarily halting evictions through the end of 2020.

As COVID-19 grew into a pandemic, community members of Lusaka, Zambia, like Morrix stepped up to ensure their neighborhood water kiosks continued to be a safe and sanitary resource.

Habitat offices nationwide have stepped up to donate tens of thousands of face masks and supplies normally used by their construction teams and volunteers to medical providers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine and Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat, discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the housing crisis we were already facing.

Our Homes, Communities, Hope + You campaign was a network-wide fundraising initiative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to support Habitat’s work in communities across the U.S. and around the world.