Habitat Hammers Back: One year progress report
One year after the historically devastating hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Habitat for Humanity continues to work with affected communities in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
One year after the historically devastating hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Habitat for Humanity continues to work with affected communities in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Growing up in a decent, affordable home can have a powerful effect on children. Studies draw a straight line between the quality, location and affordability of housing and a child’s ability to thrive.
At a moment when 94 million U.S. American households can’t afford a median-priced home, Congress must act quickly to end a government shutdown that will delay access to federal resources and force more families to put their dream of a decent and affordable place to call home on hold.
Jason’s disability didn’t stop him from partnering with Habitat for Humanity to build an accessible home for himself.
We are encouraged by the commitment to housing that this bill demonstrates and support its provisions to streamline existing programs, increase the supply of affordable homes and preserve our aging housing stock.
The affordable housing that your support makes possible might differ from place to place, but the hope you help build always remains the same.
“Habitat educated me,” says Yondella Hall. “I didn’t know leaking and standing water could affect my health.”
When we ask Habitat homeowners what their homes make possible for them, their answers — just as they share them with us — fit together like poetry. The powerful poetry of lives changed and futures transformed.
The Chile earthquake, the Haiti earthquake, Typhoon Ketsana, earthquakes in Indonesia, Cyclone Nargis, Cyclone Sidr and Hurricane Felix were some of the Disaster Response efforts we worked on from 2006 to 2010.
See how Habitat and AbbVie work in partnership with families like Sonaly’s and Jennifer and Ramon’s to create safe and resilient shelter in Puerto Rico.