At Habitat, we believe every community deserves not only the right to recover, but the power to thrive. That’s why we’re reimagining disaster recovery — building resilience in housing and restoring lives with dignity and justice at the center of all we do.
Regina and Larry’s search for a comfortable home led them to Habitat. The couple was approved for the homeownership program and immediately began volunteering and rooting themselves in their new community.
As sub-Saharan Africa braces for continued rapid urbanization, Habitat’s ShelterTech platform uses an accelerator model to fast-track innovative housing solutions by advancing local startups through a six-month program to scale their business models and get them investor ready.
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Habitat for Humanity knows that creating opportunities for affordable homeownership changes lives. See the data behind why we build around the world and the difference a decent home makes for families.
Finding a decent, affordable place to call home was an ongoing challenge for Donyelle, a public school employee for 38 years. “We were really in need of better housing,” Donyelle says.
After Hurricane Irma destroyed Sara’s home and left her to recover from a serious injury, she found herself overwhelmed by kindness when she turned to Habitat for Humanity of Collier County to help her rebuild.
The homeownership gap between Black and white households is more prominent in Minnesota’s Twin Cities than in any other metropolitan area, with the nation’s largest Black and white homeownership gap at 51 percentage points — more than 20 percentage points above the national average. Learn how Twin Cities Habitat is responding to the challenge of closing the gap.