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.
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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.
Adrienne Goolsby, Habitat for Humanity International’s senior vice president, U.S. and Canada, issued this statement regarding an ongoing dispute between Habitat for Humanity Edmonton and families in its homeownership program.
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.
Habitat for Humanity’s history and scope of work may surprise you. From an old chicken barn to serving more than 29 million families over 40 years, we have a lot of stories to share.
