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What does home mean to you

We asked our supporters to share with us the many ways they think of home and what having a home really means to them. Here are some of our favorite responses.

After raising her own kids, Carrie has signed on once again for days filled with homework, basketball games, music lessons — and she’ll get to do it all in her own home thanks to a repair program for older homeowners.

Coming home for the holidays

Matthias is proud of his mom Yashica who helped build her new home with the help of Habitat for Humanity.

A new start in a Habitat house

Kevin and his siblings are growing up in the Habitat house that gave their parents a place to make a new life.

Every child needs a place

Every child needs a place to call home, a place where they can play and dream and plan for their future.

“One of the biggest steps I have ever taken”

Mario Fourney takes joy in providing his children with a safe, secure home to grow up in.

“This is my house”

Homeowner Lyndsay found security and self-reliance in her new Habitat home.

Shelter empowers parents

Shelter empowers parents, and every single child deserves to feel that strength and stability day after day. That’s what we envision when we talk about a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Putting down roots in a Habitat house

Samantha is 13 years old and has lived in 13 different places. This last one, she says, is going to stick.