Aging in place with peace of mind
“Taking a shower and having proper handrails in the tub. The handrail in the hallway for helping us steady ourselves,” Bryant says. “They’re little things, but they’re game-changers when you get older.”
“Taking a shower and having proper handrails in the tub. The handrail in the hallway for helping us steady ourselves,” Bryant says. “They’re little things, but they’re game-changers when you get older.”
Antonia Cuffee shares how growing up in a Habitat home gave her the stability and values she needed which has led to many successes in her life.
Yale has donated $20 million worth of locksets to Habitat over the course of four consecutive five-year pledges to help create safe, affordable housing solutions around the world. Yale is furthering its support of building secure home environments with a new five-year commitment to Habitat beginning this year.
Candidates for elected office up and down the 2020 ballot must talk about how they will solve the housing affordability challenges in their communities and our nation. That’s the message Habitat is taking forward as it expands its Cost of Home advocacy campaign across the country.
More than 450 advocates from 44 states and Washington, D.C., will urge Congress to act and prioritize policies that will increase the number of affordable homes, especially for entry-level homeownership.
Hunter Douglas has donated privacy blinds for Habitat homes for a quarter-century.
Habitat for Humanity and ShelterBox have started distributing emergency shelter aid to communities who lost homes in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that recently devastated southwestern Haiti.
At Habitat, sweat equity is a new homeowner investing in their home or one for another family. It’s not a form of payment, but an opportunity to work alongside volunteers to bring to life a family’s dream of owning a home.
Good news spreads fast in Thushanthini’s village of Navagirinagar, located in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. So, of course, in February 2018, the talk of the town was her newly constructed Habitat home made from compressed stabilized earth blocks or CSEBs.