I am a homeowner
Bennie and Chanel White exult in owning a Habitat home after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Bennie and Chanel White exult in owning a Habitat home after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The 2015 Tucson Well-being Survey, a collaboration between the University of Arizona and Habitat Tucson, examines the challenges faced by lower-income families in Arizona’s second-largest city.
More than 30 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly took an important step in promoting the idea that everyone deserves a decent place to live by declaring that the first Monday in October would be World Habitat Day.
Access to clean water, secured land rights, the stability of sturdy and healthy homes — these are the successes families achieve when they partner with Habitat Zambia
Good news spreads fast in Thushanthini’s village of Navagirinagar, located in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. So, of course, in February 2018, the talk of the town was her newly constructed Habitat home made from compressed stabilized earth blocks or CSEBs.
From around the world, some of the youngest residents of Habitat homes show the beauty and individuality of their houses through hand-drawn illustrations of their unique homes.
Natalie Martinez shares how Global Village volunteer trips can bring together personal and professional interests.
Habitat’s definition of decent housing includes access to clean water, something more than 40% of Zambians don’t have. By partnering with Habitat Zambia, many communities can now access clean, treated water.
Binh was overjoyed to learn that she would partner with Habitat for Humanity Vietnam to design and build a home that would be accessible and have enough space for her and her young daughter to live independently.
Benjamin and Teresa thought affordable homeownership was out of reach until they found Habitat. Now the homeowners are active community leaders, and their family is flourishing.