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With a small loan from Habitat Brazil, Maria Lucia improved her home and life for her 7-year-old daughter Bia.

Recognizing that the payday loan industry is trapping many low-income Americans in a harmful debt cycle, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on June 2, 2016, a proposed national rule to curb predatory lending practices.

Learn about a home so energy efficient that it is projected to create more energy than it uses, based on a family of four.

The bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is expanding pathways to homeownership — and Habitat helped make it happen. 

In the midst of grief, one family began a journey to healing by serving with Habitat. Donating their family car to the Cars for Homes program is their latest step.

Habitat for Humanity will participate in COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, from Nov. 11-22, 2024, to shine a light on the acutely overlooked intersection between climate change and housing, particularly for the most vulnerable.  

While Habitat already works in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, this project would support the building of more proper sanitation units with toilets, water tanks and handwashing stations.

Access to affordable finance plays a defining role in how people experience housing. Whether they are buying a home, building one themselves or improving it over time, a family’s access to sufficient funds influences how quickly they can achieve safe, healthy living conditions – and how much the improvements ultimately cost.

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.

Learn about Habitat’s homeownership process and family selection qualifications. Habitat does not give away houses; instead, future homeowners partner with local affiliates and volunteers to build or rehabilitate a home and pay an affordable mortgage.