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Families across the United States are paying too high a price to cover the cost of home. Rents and homeownership costs are skyrocketing while wages are not keeping pace. Everyone should have enough money left over after paying rent or mortgage costs to cover life’s necessities.

Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, discusses the importance of affordable housing for reducing poverty in America.

It was 1942, and on the outskirts of the rural South Georgia town of Americus, a radical experiment began. Koinonia Farm was the culmination of the lifelong passions of farmer and biblical scholar Clarence Jordan. On that farm, among rows of pecan trees, after years of struggles caused by boycotts and persecution, the seeds for Habitat for Humanity were sown.

Our newsroom has the latest press releases covering Habitat for Humanity’s volunteer events, partnerships and corporate news, along with our contact info for the media.

Our Veterans Build program serves veteran homeowners like Louis with critical home repairs in 27 states thanks to support from The Home Depot Foundation.

Thank you to these supporters and endorsing organizations for helping to make the Cost of Home campaign possible.

During President and Mrs. Carter’s tenure in the White House and the years that followed, their focus on protecting and advancing human rights never wavered.