Giving families a head start
Habitat helped Luisa and her son build a safe, healthy place to live.
Habitat helped Luisa and her son build a safe, healthy place to live.
After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, Antero and Luz worked to repair their damaged home the best they could, even patching their own roof. Now, with the support of Habitat and AbbVie, they have a safe and secure home where their family can gather again.
“Habitat educated me,” says Yondella Hall. “I didn’t know leaking and standing water could affect my health.”
Learn how you can protect yourself and others from injuries related to floor openings, roof openings and guardrails on a build site.
In a Habitat for Humanity house, a family can unlock their highest potential.
With a small loan from Habitat Brazil, Maria Lucia improved her home and life for her 7-year-old daughter Bia.
When her roof caved in, Vietnam-era veteran Marjorie partnered with Habitat for Humanity of Lapeer-Tuscola to build a safe, new home with help from a grant from Wells Fargo.
Our Veterans Build program serves veteran homeowners like Louis with critical home repairs in 27 states thanks to support from The Home Depot Foundation.
Check out these projects to see how amazing transformations like these help more families achieve strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.
For more than three decades, decent housing has made a difference for Habitat families worldwide. The sky truly is the limit when a family lives under a roof they helped raise.