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Learn more about the Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps program by reading about the real experiences of AmeriCorps members.

Learn more about our disaster response work in Puerto Rico and other affected areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

During this time of social distancing and COVID-19, Habitat for Humanity is still hard at work, pursuing many avenues to move forward our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Affordable housing advocate and Habitat homeowner Juanita Jensen shares how homeownership changed her family’s life and what we must do to ensure that families have stable, affordable places to call home.

On his first day as a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento, sometime in the mid-1980s, Cliff Popejoy, an air quality scientist, decided to give the electricians a hand. Although seemingly simple at the time, that decision would go on to change the trajectory of Cliff’s life in ways he couldn’t have imagined. 

Lisa is the second resident to move into Female Veterans Village, a community that will provide a safe space for women veterans to overcome housing instability and where residents can develop a support system amongst fellow service members.

It had been a year since Ernie, an outgoing 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran, had been outside on his own. After months of this kind of physical isolation, and months of encouragement from his social worker, Ernie applied for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell’s Critical Home Repair Program.