Carter Work Project volunteers lend a hand to the Charlotte community’s work building a thriving neighborhood at the historic site where an all-Black, segregation-era school called Plato Price stood. The once-empty lot is being transformed into an affordable, vibrant neighborhood with single-family homes, walking paths, nature areas and a community meeting space.
Read about the legislative successes Habitat for Humanity’s advocacy efforts have had on affordable housing, energy efficiency, home mortgage rule reforms and more.
Habitat is grateful for all the ways you support our work. Join us in completing 30 days of gratitude during the month of November by downloading our calendar with daily ways to reflect and show gratitude.
When you co-fund a project, you help transform lives. By building housing, we build beyond the physical homes: adequate living conditions have a powerful impact on the livelihoods, health, education and more of households and communities.
Habitat for Humanity’s new report, “Informal Settlement Improvements and Women’s Health,” reveals that improving housing in informal settlements promotes positive health outcomes for women and entire communities, advancing sustainable development.
Low-income families are bearing the greatest brunt of the impact of climate change. At Habitat, we partner with financial institutions from around the world to provide the products and services that families need to build a stronger home for themselves.
Leveraging the power of storytelling and art, the exhibit aims to catalyze a movement to reduce the racial wealth gap by inviting visitors to experience and visualize the multitude of factors that contribute to housing inequities in the U.S.
We work in many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Mexico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Argentina and more.
We work in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, including the Philippines, India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand and more.
From painting walls to framing houses, the Carters were always ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work alongside fellow volunteers. Journey through these memorable build site moments with two of Habitat’s greatest supporters and hands-on volunteers.