Affordable homeownership has long-lasting and life-changing impacts on households. In this evidence brief, Habitat takes a look at who currently has access to homeownership and what factors play a role in the U.S.
Through Habitat for Humanity’s tithe program, our U.S. affiliates are expected to contribute 10% of their unrestricted revenue each year in support of Habitat’s global ministry.
Commissioned by Habitat Australia, the report “Rediscovering the Great Australian Dream” addresses the urgent need to improve homeownership for families with low incomes.
With credit and debt issues, Anita thought about giving up more than once, but the promise of an affordable and good home for her family always prevailed.
The need for global housing is so vast and the issues that surround it are so complex that Habitat works in many ways to partner with families and communities to create sustainable and sweeping change. That’s how we will realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Recognizing that responding to disasters is not enough, Habitat and affiliated organizations around the world, especially those located in disaster-prone regions, work to reduce vulnerabilities and build community resilience.
Directing investment capital to the housing sector is an important part of insuring that there is an adequate supply of housing products and related services in the market.
Habitat has helped thousands of people obtain access to safe and reliable water and adequate sanitation, improving personal and home hygiene. Check out just a few of the successes we’ve celebrated through our WASH strategy in these case studies.
Learn how poverty is defined in the U.S. and around the world, and how the reach and impact of poverty affects people.
Habitat builds with families for whom an affordable home means the difference between instability and opportunity.