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Habitat for Humanity will launch efforts in nearly 30 communities with $300,000 Wells Fargo Housing Foundation grant and Wells Fargo volunteer support.

On his first day as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento, sometime in the mid-1980s, Cliff Popejoy, an air quality scientist, decided to give the electricians a hand. Although seemingly simple at the time, that decision would go on to change the trajectory of Cliff’s life in ways he couldn’t have imagined. 

It had been a year since Ernie, an outgoing 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran, had been outside on his own. After months of this kind of physical isolation, and months of encouragement from his social worker, Ernie applied for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell’s Critical Home Repair Program.

Habitat will work with communities, governments and partners around the world to fulfill the commitment made at the CGI 2023 Meeting that commenced today in New York by seeking policy changes at the local, national and global levels.

Patricia needed to build a ramp to help her son safely get in and out of their home. With the support of Habitat and Lowe’s, and help from volunteers, James now has a ramp, and Patricia has greater security and peace of mind.

Veterans are taking the opportunity to build better, stronger and safer homes with support from The Home Depot Foundation.

As United Nations member states hold their annual meeting to discuss the Sustainable Development Goals, Habitat for Humanity is calling on world leaders to assure COVID-19 does not derail progress toward the goal of assuring adequate housing for all by 2030.

Habitat for Humanity International and Eaton, an intelligent power management company, are entering the second year of their global partnership. This year, Eaton employees will help build more than 20 new homes around the world.

Learn more about why we work with housing market systems, our leadership team and the impact our work has on the communities we work alongside.

Tornadoes in Georgia, Hurricane Floyd in North Carolina and Hurricanes Mitch and Georges in Central America were some of the Disaster Response efforts we worked on from 1996 to 2000.