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Home maintenance and DIY tips for homeowners

Download our guide for more than 150 home maintenance and DIY tips for homeowners.

Habitat home construction project examples

Habitat for Humanity’s U.S. and international affiliates build durable, healthy and sustainable houses at the lowest possible cost.

Bringing generations together through Habitat service projects

Habitat for Humanity affiliates across the U.S. are leading Team Up service projects to help people build connections across differences with others. Truman Heritage Habitat’s Team Up project brought an intergenerational group together to renovate two homes in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri.  

Creating homes

Returning for its third year as a Home is the Key sponsor, At Home aims to help more families create a home they love.

 

Drawing home

When we asked the children of Habitat for Humanity homeowners all around to draw how they see their homes, we were awed by their responses. Help us continue to work toward a world where everyone has a safe, decent and affordable place to live.

Homes, Communities, Hope + You campaign partners

Thank you to our generous partners who have contributed to Habitat’s Homes, Communities, Hope + You campaign addressing the housing crisis made worse by the impacts of COVID-19.

Safer at home

Habitat homeowner Ingrid’s son struggled daily with asthma in the unhealthy conditions of her family’s rental. They were in the process of searching for a smaller but healthier apartment when Jean and Ingrid received a call from New York’s Habitat for Humanity of Rockland County.

Surprise! We're home!

Most parents surprise their kids with gifts, but Heather Heflin surprised her 10-year-old daughter Monique with a house.

The importance of home

Dwayne Spencer shares his personal journey and how Memphis Habitat works to make housing affordable and accessible.

Mera Ghar (My House): Fulfill the dreams of 13 families in need of a decent home

This project will focus on helping build safe, decent housing for communities living in extreme poverty in the Indian states of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. 

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