Faced with an increasingly urbanizing world, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, have set ambitious targets to ensure that cities and human settlements grow in ways that are inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Habitat for Humanity crews have fanned out in Haiti’s southwestern peninsula to survey homes in the wake of a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 1,297 people and caused thousands of structures to the crumble to the ground.
You can help strengthen communities in your area or across the country through a year of service with Habitat AmeriCorps.
Each local Habitat should follow these Habitat best practices to safely manage volunteers on a construction site.
Habitat has helped thousands of people obtain access to safe and reliable water and adequate sanitation, improving personal and home hygiene. Check out just a few of the successes we’ve celebrated through our WASH strategy in these case studies.
The nationwide launch aims to help families and older adults live more affordably and retain homes for future generations.
On Wednesday, May 10, Habitat will convene a virtual panel of housing and mental health experts to explore the ways in which safe, affordable housing is connected to holistic wellbeing, and solutions for scaling efforts that achieve both.
Habitat for Humanity International and 84 U.S. Habitat affiliates have received $436 million in unrestricted giving from American author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
The donation will be used to support staff capacity and training, subsidize the cost of adding a FORTIFIED roof to 21 new homes, fund the construction of safe rooms in five homes and more.
Habitat for Humanity International and the One Sumter Economic Development Foundation today closed on a deal that will give way to Americus’ largest community park.
