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Habitat for Humanity International urges the U.S. House Appropriations to fulfill the president’s request for HOME funding
Maintaining the funding of the Self-help Homeownership Opportunity Program and the Section 4 capacity building program with proven outcomes will allow Habitat to continue supporting more than 1,400 affiliates nationwide to better meet the affordable housing needs in their communities.
Climate-resilient villages: Improve housing, sanitation and incomes for 500 vulnerable people in Indonesia
Mauk, Indonesia, is home to 90,000 people, with an average of four to five individuals per household. Around 35,000 live in extreme poverty. This project will help build decent, climate-resilient housing to help improve the lives of people living in extremely poor conditions.
“Digo Samudaya” or Resilient Communities
Promote safer, greener construction practices and build 30 homes for displaced families in Nepal
Home is the key to hope beyond measure
Home is the Key homeowners Barbra and Kaleb share their family’s struggle to keep up with ever-increasing rents and how their Habitat for Humanity home has changed their future.
The difference between renovation and restoration
Steve Thomas, former PBS television host, explains the difference between renovating and restoring a house.
Burning bright: Homeowner celebrates her final mortgage payment
In 1996, Maria applied to Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity’s homeownership program in the hopes of providing a safe and stable home for her five children. Now 25 years later, she and her friends celebrated her final mortgage payment, and in Habitat tradition, they burned the mortgage papers she signed all those years ago.
Clean start: Enable 120 families in Vietnam to build their own latrines and improve their health
Habitat has worked with communities in Quang Nam province for over 15 years, and it’s home to marginalized groups with great needs. This project will focus on building and showing examples of good, affordable latrines to help alleviate the sanitation issues these households face.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awards Habitat for Humanity $6 million “sweat equity” grant
Before and after: Restoring vintage furniture and antiques
Learn how you can breathe new life into vintage furniture gems and antiques, with a little imagination and paint.