Habitat is calling on delegates at the COP28 climate change conference to prioritize the housing needs of vulnerable populations, particularly those who are living in slums and informal settlements, by taking action that will meaningfully address the impact of climate change on safe, decent and affordable housing.
Habitat for Humanity International recently entered a partnership with Catholic Relief Services to support vulnerable, conflict-affected households in Ukraine, following Russia’s full-scale invasion.
In 1992, Jerzy and Alicja became the first family to take a leap of faith and partner with Habitat Poland. Because they did, they, their children and their grandchildren are reaping the rewards that come with a stable, affordable home.
A Habitat for Humanity house is a hand up, a step up for families who — many of them for the very first time — are achieving a decent, affordable place to live.
Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community — and all over the world — to help them build or improve a place they can call home.
Asaad, Nagham and Bashar live in a Habitat home on a quiet street in Des Moines after emigrating from Iraq in 2003.
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.
Clarence Jordan’s spiritual teachings and partnership concepts provide the underpinnings that still guide Habitat’s work today.
Matthew and Kaylah share what it means to them and their family to have built a home with Habitat’s help and the welcomed changes they’re getting used to like having a mailbox.
Baylee and her sister Destiny now have a brighter future thanks to the hard work their mom put into building their new Habitat for Humanity home.