Marking the 25th year of partnership with AmeriCorps, Habitat for Humanity will hire 325 AmeriCorps members for the 2019-20 service year with the support of a $4.93 million federal grant.
UN-Habitat predicts that 3 billion people will need adequate shelter by 2030 but making that need tangible — and such a large number relatable — isn’t easy. Habitat for Humanity Bulgaria has answered that challenge with something unexpected: art.
The homeownership gap between Black and white households is more prominent in Minnesota’s Twin Cities than in any other metropolitan area, with the nation’s largest Black and white homeownership gap at 51 percentage points — more than 20 percentage points above the national average. Learn how Twin Cities Habitat is responding to the challenge of closing the gap.
Earlier this year, Habitat Brazil partnered with young volunteers from Guilherme Dummont Villares and Saint Francis high schools to improve the living conditions of 18 families in the favela of Heliopolis.
Access to a safe, decent home can transform a life. Samantha is 13 years old and has lived in 13 different places. This last one, she says, is going to stick. “I know I am not going anywhere. And that feels good.”
Carmen Smith, executive director of Jackson County Habitat in Florida, talks about seeing the results of their work in the families they serve.
See the long-term impact of our disaster recovery work; learn what access to clean water means to families in Argentina and Kenya; and more.
We are helping to ease the transition from military to civilian life for veterans like Patrick and his family through Habitat for Humanity’s Veterans Build.
The weeklong 2018 Carter Work Project has come to a close, but for Habitat families and volunteers, the event is a lasting testament to community and the belief that everyone deserves a decent home.
