Habitat created the Bridging the Gap guide to help Habitat affiliates and our fellow housing organizations connect their home repair and home modification work with the health care sector for a holistic aging in place approach.
In Canaan, an informal settlement in Haiti of families displaced by the deadly 2010 earthquake, Habitat installed 200 energy-efficient streetlamps in capital-area neighborhoods and now is working to create a pool of qualified residents in each neighborhood to maintain them.
Sarah Bond-Yancey, volunteer and staffer, shares the incredible life-changing results of her involvement with Habitat for Humanity.
Habitat for Humanity recognizes Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, and Jonathan and Drew Scott as Habitat Humanitarians.
After a 2021 tornado outbreak, families in two of the affected Kentucky communities worked alongside volunteers to build their homes during blitz builds supported by The Home Depot Foundation.
This year, Habitat marks 50 years of bringing people together to build prosperous and healthy communities. Drawing upon this milestone, the campaign will address the global housing need and bring this urgency forward through pop-up installations, on-the-ground builds and digital storytelling across more than 60 countries.
Our student-initiated high school and college chapters across the U.S. partner with us to build homes and to support awareness-raising events.
To address the negative financial consequences of predatory loan practices, Habitat supports the creation of standards that would ensure that loans are reasonable to both lenders and borrowers.
Our disaster response teams assess options for responding as quickly as possible in the wake of a disaster. Learn more about our disaster response efforts and how you can help.
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