City National Bank announced today that it is renewing its partnership with Habitat for Humanity International with a donation of $322,500, which will help advance the organization’s mission of building and improving safe and affordable homes across the U.S.
Habitat for Humanity crews have fanned out in Haiti’s southwestern peninsula to survey homes in the wake of a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 1,297 people and caused thousands of structures to the crumble to the ground.
Habitat’s community development financial institution, Habitat Mortgage Solutions, becomes Habitat Capital.
Habitat is calling on delegates at the COP28 climate change conference to prioritize the housing needs of vulnerable populations, particularly those who are living in slums and informal settlements, by taking action that will meaningfully address the impact of climate change on safe, decent and affordable housing.
The donation will be used to support staff capacity and training, subsidize the cost of adding a FORTIFIED roof to 21 new homes, fund the construction of safe rooms in five homes and more.
Nissan has been a valuable partner to Habitat for more than 18 years and is renewing its commitment with an $800,000 donation.
When a disaster strikes, your family might not be together, and communication channels might be down. It is important to plan how you will contact one another and discuss how you will communicate in different disaster situations.
Country music stars Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and Eric Paslay, as well as talk show host Dave Letterman swung hammers and raised walls on new Habitat for Humanity homes in St. Joseph County, Indiana, this week.
With events in more than a dozen locations, City National hopes to help Habitat promote affordable, safe and decent housing across the U.S., including in Northern and Southern California, Las Vegas, New York City, Atlanta, Nashville and Washington, D.C.
Several Habitat for Humanity corporate partners are coming together this holiday season to support the organization’s mission by raising funds to help make affordable homeownership more accessible to families in the U.S. and around the world.