Helping older residents stay in their communities
“I want to be in my house, to sling my own pots and pans,” 80-year-old Alice says. Memphis Habitat has helped her do just that with their aging in place initiative.
“I want to be in my house, to sling my own pots and pans,” 80-year-old Alice says. Memphis Habitat has helped her do just that with their aging in place initiative.
National service has helped Vanessa Dingee flourish and set a lasting example for her young son.
The 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project marked the 36th year that the former president and first lady have built alongside volunteers and future Habitat homeowners. Volunteers from across the country gathered to help families build roofs, walls and community.
Executive director of Habitat of Kerr County Karen Quanstrom found herself on the phone with homeowner Laci Kocurek, who called to ask about deeding her house back.
Momajon and Karim were able to build their house at one go with the help of low-interest loans from a microfinance bank and construction planning from Habitat Tajikistan.
Shawnee, Tami and Bobby represent three of the 13 families in the Towns at Ivy City development — and 41 in the larger Ivy City neighborhood — that have benefited from an ongoing partnership between D.C.’s Department of Housing and Community Development and Habitat for Humanity of Washington, D.C.
Orientation for incoming freshmen at Virginia’s Roanoke College includes building a brand new home alongside a Habitat family.
Now a Rhodes Scholar, Jacob shares how his proudest moment was the night that his family slept in their new Habitat home.
As vital services are restored and first responders stand down, Habitat is ramping up its response through a three-phase recovery plan.
A Habitat for Humanity house is a hand up, a step up for families who — many of them for the very first time — are achieving a decent, affordable place to live.