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Housing need exists in every community

Families in need of affordable housing live everywhere: villages, small towns, sprawling cities, your community. What does housing need look like where you live?

Family breaks the cycle of housing instability

Jose Luis shares his family’s long struggle to become homeowners and what it means to now be able to live in their dream home.

A road map to more affordable housing

Vanderbilt University researchers have released a report that points the way to strong, stable neighborhoods with affordable housing.

Habitat for Humanity applauds House passage of Housing for the 21st Century Act

We are grateful for the commitment to housing that the bill demonstrates and support its provisions to increase housing supply and improve affordability.

What are Habitat houses like in North America?

Learn about the characteristics shared by most Habitat houses in the U.S. and Canada.

Children, Cities and Housing: Rights and Priorities

Children living in inadequate housing in urban areas are one of the most vulnerable groups globally. Read our discussion paper, written in collaboration with UN-Habitat and UNICEF for the World Urban Forum, on challenges faced by children in urban areas and strategies to enable a sustainable future for them.

Wells Fargo Foundation donates $4.6 million to Habitat for Humanity International to benefit more than 200 families across the U.S.

Habitat for Humanity International and Wells Fargo have worked together for over 30 years to increase housing affordability and help build more prosperous communities. Today, Wells Fargo is donating $4.6 million through the 2025 Wells Fargo Builds program to support new home construction, renovation and repair to benefit more than 200 families in more than 130 communities across the U.S. 

40 facts about Habitat and housing

As Habitat celebrates 40 years of building in your community and all over the world, here are 40 facts about us.

What is housing equity?

What does it mean to have equity in housing, and why is it so important?

U.S. advocacy for housing

Did you know that in addition building houses, Habitat for Humanity is advocating to change systems and policies to ensure U.S. families have access to decent, affordable homes?

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