Since 1999, Whirlpool Corp. has supported Habitat for Humanity to help improve and broaden the ways Habitat can assist more families to achieve housing stability.
At a moment when 94 million U.S. American households can’t afford a median-priced home, Congress must act quickly to end a government shutdown that will delay access to federal resources and force more families to put their dream of a decent and affordable place to call home on hold.
The award will be used to help Habitat affiliates across the U.S. further address the systemic barriers that have prevented many underserved populations, particularly Black Americans, from owning homes.
The ceremonial passing of the hammer between Austin Habitat for Humanity and Atlanta Habitat took place during the closing ceremony of this year’s weeklong blitz build in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Oct. 31.
Habitat for Humanity today announced that it is receiving more than $400,000 from Travelers to support its Homes, Communities, Hope + You campaign.
Austin Habitat for Humanity will host the 2025 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project, Habitat for Humanity International announced during the closing ceremony of the 2024 event in St. Paul, Minnesota.
This initiative ensures that U.S. Habitat affiliates and mission-aligned entities have access to capital essential to land and property acquisition.
In the face of a historic housing shortage that includes a lack of entry-level homes and skyrocketing home prices, Habitat for Humanity will mobilize advocates in Washington D.C. this week to call on Congress to take needed action to address the affordable housing crisis.
Over the lifetime of the relationship, which began in 1999, Whirlpool Corp. has donated more than 241,000 major home appliances to nearly 197,000 Habitat households across the U.S.