From extreme cold to ice storms to blizzards, winter weather can knock out heat, power, communications and transportation networks, and can immobilize entire regions. In order to protect your home and family, it is important to be prepared before winter weather strikes.
Learn about some of the families and individuals that have partnered with us to build a better future.
We support policies that reduce vulnerabilities and help people adapt to climate-related hazards and threats.
Homeowners Nilda, Christina, Ai, Yessica – and longtime volunteer Teri – reflect on the difference Habitat and homeownership have made in their lives.
Our newsroom has the latest press releases covering Habitat for Humanity’s volunteer events, partnerships and corporate news, along with our contact info for the media.
We support policies that prevent eviction, support renters and protect the land and property rights of women, indigenous groups and vulnerable people.
We’re in this together. We know that policy advocacy is stronger when we work in partnership with others. For this reason, Home Equals will engage with allies in action, at all levels and geographies.
Learn about Habitat’s homeownership process and family selection qualifications. Habitat does not give away houses; instead, future homeowners partner with local affiliates and volunteers to build or rehabilitate a home and pay an affordable mortgage.
Carter Work Project volunteers lend a hand to the Charlotte community’s work building a thriving neighborhood at the historic site where an all-Black, segregation-era school called Plato Price stood. The once-empty lot is being transformed into an affordable, vibrant neighborhood with single-family homes, walking paths, nature areas and a community meeting space.
Habitat’s vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat is committed to removing barriers to affordable homeownership for the most vulnerable communities in more than 70 countries around the world.
