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What does it take to build a Habitat house?

What exactly goes into building a Habitat house? A whole lot, as it turns out.

Risk reduction by design

Rapid response is essential after a disaster, but it’s just as important to help communities prepare for the next time nature strikes.

Rosalynn Carter and Habitat for Humanity slideshow

View a slideshow of Rosalynn Carter’s work with Habitat for Humanity.

Habitat at the heart of volunteers’ love stories

In all of these love stories, Habitat has played a special role in bringing couples closer through service.

Shelter Venture Fund

Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund invests in innovative startup firms in order to help make quality products and services available to low-income families to improve their shelter and living conditions.

Habitat's WASH successes

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.

Feels like mine

Indiana native Donna Staten now has more room to live a full life — and a shorter list of things that keep her up at night.

Vice President Biden advocates increasing affordable housing across U.S. at event co-sponsored by Habitat for Humanity

Habitat co-sponsored the Housing Affordability Opportunity: Lowering Costs and Expanding Supply discussion at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development along with Enterprise Community Partners and HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research.

“I tell everyone I meet”

Homeowner Youkhanna is one of Habitat for Humanity’s biggest advocates. “I tell people in the grocery, in church, wherever I go, how Habitat for Humanity has changed my life.”

Habitat and Thrivent Worldwide

Let Habitat and Thrivent Worldwide take you on a journey of truly living generously.

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