Even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the U.S. was facing extreme housing challenges. Now, with hours, wages and jobs cut as a result of the coronavirus, even more individuals are facing housing instability.
Alongside volunteers from Habitat Philadelphia and The Home Depot Foundation’s associate-led volunteer force, homeowners Reginald and Pat have made their home into a place they can continue to thrive in.
For more than three decades, Rosalynn Carter and her husband President Jimmy Carter donated their time and voices to help Habitat build with more families around the world.
President Carter called Habitat a “singular, divine concept that has opened a vision to me.”
President Carter’s Habitat legacy lives on in the countless volunteers he inspired.
Habitat for Humanity recognizes Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Jonathan and Drew Scott as Habitat Humanitarians.
As we celebrate the life of our most famous volunteer, hear how he described what Habitat for Humanity meant to him.
The mayor of Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta, Canada, discusses the housing situation in her city, the neighborhood where the Carter Work Project will build and more.