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In Nepal’s Eastern Terai region, families are building a brighter future for themselves with the help of the Hilti Foundation’s innovative cement bamboo frame technology. Habitat and the Hilti Foundation are working together to make the disaster-resilient and sustainable building method a viable market leader in Nepal. 

Home affordability and sustainable building go hand-in-hand. Want a peek at how we’re helping homeowners and our planet? Check out these six facts for a glimpse into Habitat’s expansive sustainability work.

Join a service-learning experience where you can volunteer in multiple countries with our Global Village program. Habitat for Humanity offers you opportunities to learn from the local community about affordable housing issues and work in partnership to build safe housing solutions.

Since 1984, President and Mrs. Carter have been champions and groudbreaking voices for affordable, decent housing for all, donating their time and leadership each year to build and improve homes through Habitat’s Carter Work Project.

Benjamin and Teresa thought affordable homeownership was out of reach until they found Habitat. Now the homeowners are active community leaders, and their family is flourishing.

Black and Hispanic/Latino households face unique barriers to homeownership, which in turn prevents access to the associated beneficial outcomes. This brief provides an overview of these structural and institutional obstacles and their far-reaching effects.

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.

Learn how poverty is defined, why affordable housing can be difficult to find, how housing relates to health and more.