Homeowner Kathy reflects on what life has brought her after she and her daughters moved into their Habitat home in Boise, Idaho, 25 years ago. “Back then, before Habitat, I figured that homeownership would always be out of reach,” she says.
With a little help, all of us have the potential to stand on our own. You can do something right now to help make that possible for another family.
In order to improve that access to land and ensure more security of tenure in Bolivia, Habitat is training female heads of household to serve as community leaders and secure tenure promoters in the city of Cochabamba.
“I feel strongly about the value of a stable home for children’s health and education.”
“If 100 people gave 10, you’d have that much more toward a house for someone.”
A Global Village volunteer team from Latin America traveled to help build Habitat homes in Colorado.
A record number of participants — more than 6,000 — took their shoes off for the seventh annual Bare Your Sole, the flagship charity walk event of Habitat Singapore.
With support from the Hilti Foundation, Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter is working to expand low-income families’ access to innovative housing products, services and financing through market-based solutions.
Habitat builds with families for whom an affordable home means the difference between instability and opportunity.
In this essay, Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford reflects on our organization’s mission, vision and faith principles, reaffirming certainty that Habitat stands in its its fierce commitment to the equality of all people and its unfailing devotion to the creation of opportunity for all.