Habitat Ready: Disaster preparedness for homeowners
Disasters can strike at any moment, with little notice. In order to protect your home and family, it is important to be prepared.
Disasters can strike at any moment, with little notice. In order to protect your home and family, it is important to be prepared.
For Aretha, the accessibility features in her Habitat home “make a big difference” for her and her two children, 23-year-old Devin and 22-year-old Zacaya.
This investment, driven by a shared commitment to helping more families achieve financial security and stability, will provide funding to local and national Habitat organizations to help families across the U.S. and abroad.
Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford discusses how the public health emergency caused by COVID-19 has also become a housing emergency. For far too many families, the message of “shelter in place” isn’t as straightforward as it sounds.
Financial support and housing programs from federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture can have a major impact on the number of families Habitat affiliates can partner with. For North St. Louis County Habitat in rural Minnesota, USDA funding has helped the affiliate increase their affordable homebuilding.
Larson shares why he supports affordable housing and why he believes it will take all of us coming together to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
A do-it-yourself project doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive — just take it from a DIY expert who transformed gently used materials from a Habitat ReStore into something new.