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Disasters can strike at any moment, with little notice. In order to protect your home and family, it is important to be prepared.

Habitat for Humanity today expressed concern about recent federal actions impacting AmeriCorps staffing given how critical the national service agency has been in scaling Habitat’s impact in communities across the United States. 

More than 30 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly took an important step in promoting the idea that everyone deserves a decent place to live by declaring that the first Monday in October would be World Habitat Day.

How can serving others open the door to employment opportunities? Kelsey Reinke shares how serving with Habitat AmeriCorps changed the course of her career path.

In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Habitat’s Terwilliger Center is providing technical assistance to six leading financial institutions in Uganda and Kenya to develop housing microfinance products and services to serve people living on less than US$5 per day.

Get answers to some of our most frequently asked questions on what Habitat for Humanity does in the U.S. and around the world, and how you can join us.

Inadequate housing risks people’s health, safety and prospects for earning a living. Learn how residents of informal settlements in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya are working to overcome obstacles so they can improve their homes.

Learn more about our disaster response work in Puerto Rico and other affected areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Lynda Henriksen, director of communications and fund development at Habitat Brant-Norfolk, shares how she’s seen firsthand — through her own life and by working at Habitat — just how important the role of stable housing can play in lifting people up.