Habitat for Humanity is applauding Congress for responding to its call for emergency mortgage assistance for low-income homeowners. The House and Senate included nearly $10 billion in mortgage payment support in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
In 2025, Habitat for Humanity helped 3 million people build or improve a place to call home. Learn more about Habitat’s work and see the annual report.
Now in paperback: Habitat for Humanity CEO Jonathan Reckford shares stories of Habitat volunteers and future homeowners in his book, Our Better Angels: Seven Simple Virtues That Will Change Your Life and the World, with a foreword by Jimmy Carter.
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Marking the start of the monthlong campaign, the Scott Brothers joined volunteers from Habitat’s five campaign partners in Atlanta to help construct an affordable home alongside future homeowner Krushetta and her sons.
Ahead of the 2024 G7 Summit, Habitat for Humanity International released an issue brief, Slum Blind: The overlooked links between climate migration and informal settlements. The brief focuses on the more than 215 million people who could be impacted by climate migration by 2050.
Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford issues this statement.
According to the global housing nonprofit’s fiscal year 2023 annual report released today, Habitat for Humanity has worked alongside more than 59 million people around the world since its founding in 1976.
Marking 50 years since the enactment of the Fair Housing Act, Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford issues a statement on the future of fair and affordable housing.