Families with low incomes face the double burden of high costs for housing and energy despite the tendency to consume less energy. Offering energy-efficient homes to these households can reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and the homes’ energy costs and resulting energy burden.
Veteran Habitat volunteer and Lowe’s vice president of public affairs Chris Ahearn shares what she has learned through Women Build.
In this video, Habitat homeowners from around the world share what their home means to them, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In October, we asked you to share with us the ways that you help Habitat. Check out the graphic we created from your answers and share it with your friends.
More than 50 families in the Santa Cruz de Yojoa municipality now have clean water in their homes, thanks to Habitat, Mexichem and the Santa Cruz de Yojoa municipality.
Earlier this year, Habitat Brazil partnered with young volunteers from Guilherme Dummont Villares and Saint Francis high schools to improve the living conditions of 18 families in the favela of Heliopolis.
Learn about a home so energy efficient that it is projected to create more energy than it uses, based on a family of four.
Habitat Dominican Republic has developed a project to help build resilience in communities vulnerable to disasters in the Azua province.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Jimmy Carter reflects on what can be accomplished together for those in need in this CNN article.
Columbia County Habitat in New York has built townhouses with Passive House design, which use 70 percent less energy than conventional construction.