This week, at the Buildings and Climate Global Forum in Paris, governments signed on to endorse a Déclaration de Chaillot, or common declaration, outlining common principles and cooperation framework for global efforts to achieve decarbonisation and climate change resilience in the buildings sector.
“We know from our work in advocating for decent, affordable housing that it is crucial to acknowledge systemic barriers and biases.”
Habitat for Humanity extends its deepest sympathies and prayers to the people of Lebanon in the wake of an explosion that has claimed more than 100 lives and devastated housing infrastructure in parts of Beirut.
Megan Sandel, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine and Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat, discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating the housing crisis we were already facing.
Since 1976, more than 9.8 million people have partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home.
The home build celebrates the culmination of Habitat’s national campaign “Home is the Key.”