Schneider Electric is renewing its long-standing partnership with Habitat and will contribute nearly $800,000 in monetary donations along with electrical equipment to help Habitat families reduce their utility costs.
The Bureau of the Habitat III Preparatory Committee recently released the zero draft of the New Urban Agenda, which was created in consultation and coordination with numerous sectors and stakeholders around the globe, including Habitat for Humanity.
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The lack of affordable housing across the U.S. continues to threaten the livelihoods of essential workers. Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley and partners created Basalt Vista, a sustainable housing development to help 27 families stay and continue serving the community.
David wanted nothing more than to provide a safe and decent home for his young son and daughter. Now, with the support of Habitat and the Wells Fargo Foundation, his family lives in an affordable home where they can thrive.
“It means the world to me. It gives me the actual ability to have my son come over without me having to physically help him up the steps and everything else,” says Robert, who was able to build a new ramp for his home with the support of Habitat and the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the U.S. are leading Team Up service projects to help people build connections across differences with others. Truman Heritage Habitat’s Team Up project brought an intergenerational group together to renovate two homes in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri.
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.
Twenty-one families, including those of Eno’s and Erica and Neil’s, are building their homes as well as their hopes alongside a former U.S. president and first lady and volunteers at the 2019 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project in Nashville, Tennessee.
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.