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The difference between renovation and restoration

Steve Thomas, former PBS television host, explains the difference between renovating and restoring a house.

May 2016 Good Measure

Find out the total amount of homes built across the U.S. as part of Habitat’s Home Builders Blitz, the number of families served by Habitat Nepal since its 1997 beginning and more.

Volunteers combine home-building with soccer in Brazil

Later this month, a Global Village team will travel to Recife, Brazil, to help repair homes — and to use their love of soccer as a way to build unity.

A Habitat volunteer supervising other volunteers

Eric Koskinen shares his professional experience in construction and real estate as a volunteer supervisor on Habitat build sites in New Jersey.

Pulling together to lift up families and neighborhoods

A Habitat house is transforming the lives of Sonia’s family. They, in turn, are helping to transform their neighborhood.

“You see so much more confidence”

A key group of volunteers are those who serve as committee members to move the mission forward, like Dave Hamra, family selection committee member with Tucson Habitat.

The challenge

Inadequate housing risks people’s health, safety and prospects for earning a living. Learn how residents of informal settlements in Bangladesh, Brazil and Kenya are working to overcome obstacles so they can improve their homes.

Faith in action

This Easter season sees another annual blooming of partnerships between Habitat and local churches.

“Reforming how we look at housing”

Through Howard University’s School of Law Fair Housing Clinic, student attorney Brianne Reese helps families struggling with housing.

Energy-efficient homes in Rhode Island

Becoming a Habitat homeowner with an affordable mortgage was already life-changing for Aliyya and her family. Becoming the owner of an energy-efficient house with solar panels brought another layer of savings and excitement.

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