Habitat for Humanity teams are readying their response as wildfires continue to rage across Southern California. Initial reports indicate some Habitat homes were destroyed in the region and the organization will continue to conduct assessments as soon as it is safe to do so.
Guillermo and Ivannia Carballo share the positive impact of their Habitat experience.
Tomorrow, the nation will join former President Jimmy Carter in celebrating his 100th birthday, and today a record number of volunteers are honoring him in the best way they know how — by getting to work.
See how important it is to address the rapid increase in urban populations around the world and what you can do to help us improve these conditions.
With Abbvie’s support, Habitat will partner directly with hurricane-affected families to address their shelter needs as part of the the long-term solution for Puerto Rico.
In Nepal’s Eastern Terai region, families are building a brighter future for themselves with the help of the Hilti Foundation’s innovative cement bamboo frame technology. Habitat and the Hilti Foundation are working together to make the disaster-resilient and sustainable building method a viable market leader in Nepal.
Earlier this year, the MacArthur Foundation released the results of a survey of U.S. adults conducted to inform the work of the foundation’s How Housing Matters initiative.
In 2015, 29th Street Road in Evans, Colorado, was a plot of undeveloped land. In 2019, it is a growing neighborhood of Habitat homes, 14 so far, transformed in part by high school students who are changing lives — including their own.
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.
Habitat for Humanity’s new report found that—within the first year—key improvements in informal settlement housing can improve the health of women by preventing illness and incidents of gender-based violence.