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.
With more than 1.6 billion people across the globe who still lack adequate shelter, our market development programs are continually pursuing new strategies to assist even more families in need of a safe place to call home.
Whether you’ve advocated before or are just getting started, you have the power to impact housing policies. Here are six overarching practices to keep in mind as you advocate for adequate, affordable housing.
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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.
