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Habitat homeowners celebrate their final payment

Irma and Silverio celebrated the final payment on their Habitat home by shredding the mortgage.

No place like home

After raising her own kids, Carrie has signed on once again for days filled with homework, basketball games, music lessons — and she’ll get to do it all in her own home thanks to a repair program for older homeowners.

Burning bright: Homeowner celebrates her final mortgage payment

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.

Every child needs a place

Every child needs a place to call home, a place where they can play and dream and plan for their future.

Habitat Humanitarians: Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood share why they pledge their continuing support to Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat helps Texas families rebuild after Hurricane Harvey

After Hurricane Harvey left a wake of destruction in Texas, families across the state partnered with Habitat’s hurricane recovery program Habitat Hammers Back to rebuild their homes and their lives.

Disaster preparedness: Wildfires

As more people are building their homes in woodland settings, wildfires have become increasingly dangerous. In order to protect your family, home and property, it is important to prepare before a wildfire strikes.

Disaster preparedness: Winter

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.

Planting the mustard seed

In the midst of grief, one family began a journey to healing by serving with Habitat. Donating their family car to the Cars for Homes program is their latest step.

Habitat houses around the world

The affordable housing that your support makes possible might differ from place to place, but the hope you help build always remains the same.

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All rights reserved. “Habitat for Humanity®” is a registered service mark owned by Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat® is a service mark of Habitat for Humanity International.

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