Habitat is working to create what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called “the Beloved Community” — we will do the work in our practices, our programs and our networks to put equity and justice at the forefront of our efforts and bring that mission to the communities in which we work.
It had been a year since Ernie, an outgoing 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran, had been outside on his own. After months of this kind of physical isolation, and months of encouragement from his social worker, Ernie applied for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell’s Critical Home Repair Program.
See how Habitat and AbbVie work in partnership with families like Sonaly’s and Jennifer and Ramon’s to create safe and resilient shelter in Puerto Rico.
Explore the Cost of Home campaign’s impact on affordability, policy successes led by Habitat organizations, advocacy strategies, and an Urban Institute report assessing key policy changes shaping home affordability nationwide.
Habitat’s disaster response teams build connections, empathy and long-term recovery through their work with families affected by natural disaster.
Read the statement of Chris Vincent, Habitat for Humanity International’s vice president of government relations and advocacy, regarding Habitat for Humanity’s mobilization efforts on Capitol Hill to combat the ongoing home affordability crisis.
In the time since Hurricane Irma hit Florida in 2017, we have been hard at work helping families build or repair safe, affordable homes across the state in areas hit by the storm and providing disaster-related services to affected families as well.
