Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies has released their 2025 State of the Nation’s Housing report, co-sponsored by Habitat for Humanity. The report paints a troubling picture for homeownership as well as record cost burdens for renters. See five key takeaways from the report.
Staying in her house means so much to 75-year-old Habitat homeowner Katie, which is why she reached out to Twin Cities Habitat more than 20 years after becoming a homeowner.
By partnering with Habitat’s Aging in Place program, older adults across the U.S. are able to access the resources they need to age in their homes, while maintaining both their independence and quality of life. The results are happier, healthier older adults – just take a look at some of the stories they’ve shared with us.
Over the lifetime of the relationship, which began in 1999, Whirlpool Corp. has donated more than 241,000 major home appliances to nearly 197,000 Habitat households across the U.S.
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.
Held in Austin, Texas, the 2025 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project brought together volunteers from around the world to build 25 affordable, energy-efficient homes in the Whisper Valley development.
Habitat’s Solid Ground campaign helps create housing policy in Honduras that improves land access for families like Estella’s.
Habitat has helped thousands of people obtain access to safe and reliable water and adequate sanitation, improving personal and home hygiene. Check out just a few of the successes we’ve celebrated through our WASH strategy in these case studies.