In 1996, Maria applied to Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity’s homeownership program in the hopes of providing a safe and stable home for her five children. Now 25 years later, she and her friends celebrated her final mortgage payment, and in Habitat tradition, they burned the mortgage papers she signed all those years ago.
Like so many these days, the Stoesz family is spread far and wide. However, they often reunite to build a Habitat home and help create a special place where another family can be together.
When you volunteer with Habitat’s Global Village program, you contribute a program donation that helps support Habitat’s vision of creating a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
See how Habitat East Jefferson County has worked alongside residents of Quilcene, Washington, to help revitalize the Olympic Peninsula town.
On April 30, 2015, President Obama signed the Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, legislation supported by Habitat for Humanity International, enacting key energy efficiency provisions that will strengthen the economy, reduce pollution and produce significant energy savings.
Malik and Malakhi are more comfortable, safer and healthier in their Habitat for Humanity home.
A hand offered in help is a powerful catalyst for change. When Habitat families and volunteers build side by side, everyone shares a new perspective.
Kansas’ Garden City Habitat is partnering with Garden City High School to give students a different sort of learning experience.
Lasting connections like these can inspire us and strengthen our resolve to build — together — a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Homeowners Nilda, Christina, Ai, Yessica – and longtime volunteer Teri – reflect on the difference Habitat and homeownership have made in their lives.