How do you help Habitat?
In October, we asked you to share with us the ways that you help Habitat. Check out the graphic we created from your answers and share it with your friends.
In October, we asked you to share with us the ways that you help Habitat. Check out the graphic we created from your answers and share it with your friends.
What does meaningful work mean and what kinds of jobs and volunteer opportunities does Habitat offer?
Through Howard University’s School of Law Fair Housing Clinic, student attorney Brianne Reese helps families struggling with housing.
During the Carter Work Project, Roger and Ruth MacFarlane and their family will be on the build site, hammers in hand, working alongside future Habitat homeowners.
People with low incomes have generally been less civically engaged than the overall population, but homeownership can change that. In this evidence brief, Habitat examines the connections between income, homeownership, and civic engagement, as well as how closing the racial homeownership gap can mitigate racial gaps in civic engagement.
Habitat ReStores play an important role in supporting Habitat for Humanity’s mission. Find out what exactly a Habitat ReStore is, what types of items are sold, what donations are accepted and more.
Families with low incomes face the double burden of high costs for housing and energy despite the tendency to consume less energy. Offering energy-efficient homes to these households can reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and the homes’ energy costs and resulting energy burden.
Making direct connections between housing and its impact on children’s education is challenging, but studies have drawn a pathway between owning a decent, affordable, and stable home and experiencing positive educational outcomes.
Learn how Habitat Hammers Back is continuing to help families affected by hurricane damage and how you can get involved.
Bryan Reaka, Habitat campus chapter adviser and assistant professor at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, shares what inspires him to continue working with Habitat for Humanity.