Everyone deserves to live in a stronger and healthier community — and to contribute to how that community is shaped over time, which is why we have focused on advocating for policies that protect and strengthen neighborhoods and enable communities to thrive.
See how Habitat helps address housing problems through advocacy that mobilizes people and influences laws and policies.
“Taking a shower and having proper handrails in the tub. The handrail in the hallway for helping us steady ourselves,” Bryant says. “They’re little things, but they’re game-changers when you get older.”
What can you do as an individual volunteer or a team leader to make a Habitat for Humanity build site a safer place?
Whether you’re in high school, college or on a gap year between the two, community service programs can play a powerful role in helping you find your passion and your voice while volunteering.
Learn how you can protect yourself and others from injuries related to floor openings, roof openings and guardrails on a build site.
Explore the Cost of Home campaign’s impact on affordability, policy successes led by Habitat organizations, advocacy strategies, and an Urban Institute report assessing key policy changes shaping home affordability nationwide.
In a new issue brief, Habitat uncovers a massive and growing blind spot in the discourse around climate change-induced migration and adaptation efforts.
Find out how people like you – who believe in equality, justice and compassion – are coming together to build up and celebrate our shared humanity by answering Dr King’s question, “What are you doing for others?”
