Since 1998, Habitat has implemented disaster resilience and recovery projects in vulnerable communities around the world. Our shelter catalogues showcase our work through collections of case studies and lessons learned.
Everyone deserves to live in a stronger and healthier community — and to contribute to how that community is shaped over time, which is why we have focused on advocating for policies that protect and strengthen neighborhoods and enable communities to thrive.
More than 50 million people in Latin America live on dirt floors. When a household with dirt floors has children, that means the ground they play on is a health risk. Since 2022, we’ve partnered with families to replace more than 30,000 dirt floors with concrete.
Earthquakes strike suddenly, violently and without warning, but identifying potential hazards and planning can reduce the threat of damage, injuries and loss of life.
In a Habitat for Humanity house, a family can unlock their highest potential.
Learn how you can protect yourself and others from injuries related to floor openings, roof openings and guardrails on a build site.
Look back on Mrs. Carter’s extraordinary legacy and hands-on commitment to Habitat’s mission.
For Jessica, there has never been anything more important than providing a safe and secure home for her two children. Seeing her youngest crawling in an unhealthy home, Jessica says, “That was my breaking point where I said, ‘I need to make a move,’ and Habitat was that move.”