Home affordability and sustainable building go hand-in-hand. Want a peek at how we’re helping homeowners and our planet? Check out these six facts for a glimpse into Habitat’s expansive sustainability work.
Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have been building and advocating for affordable housing alongside Habitat for Humanity for over 30 years. Journey through the incredible legacy of Carter Work Projects!
Black and Hispanic/Latino households face unique barriers to homeownership, which in turn prevents access to the associated beneficial outcomes. This brief provides an overview of these structural and institutional obstacles and their far-reaching effects.
Everyone deserves to live in a stronger and healthier community — and to contribute to how that community is shaped over time, which is why we have focused on advocating for policies that protect and strengthen neighborhoods and enable communities to thrive.
Habitat ReStores accept many used home goods and household items, salvaged renovation materials and surplus construction products. Find out what you can donate to a Habitat ReStore to keep your old housewares out of the landfill.
Delivering safe, inclusive and accessible homes for people with disabilities in Kaliagung, Jogjakarta.
Since credit can be difficult, if not impossible, for many households to access, we have focused on strategies for equitably increasing access to credit for underserved populations.
Promote safer, greener construction practices and build 30 homes for displaced families in Nepal
Habitat has worked with communities in Quang Nam province for over 15 years, and it’s home to marginalized groups with great needs. This project will focus on building and showing examples of good, affordable latrines to help alleviate the sanitation issues these households face.
Habitat for Humanity participated in the 12th session of the World Urban Forum, or WUF, Convened by UN-Habitat in Cairo in November 2024.