Homeownership changes lives
Meet seven families who have partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home.
Meet seven families who have partnered with Habitat for Humanity to build or improve a place they can call home.
Homeowners Nilda, Christina, Ai, Yessica – and longtime volunteer Teri – reflect on the difference Habitat and homeownership have made in their lives.
In the U.S., we work in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In Canada, we work in all 10 provinces and each of the three territories.
Alina and Carlos see their house as an act of kindness. Many acts, actually. Volunteers from eight years ago who helped the family raise their walls returned to help them rebuild after Hurricane Irma.
Disaster Corps members are trained to apply their professional experience and skills to disaster settings, providing assistance and working alongside families as they rebuild their homes and their lives.
“I was really diligent about finding a job working in community development.”
Since 1991, Women Build volunteers from all walks of life have come together to build stronger, safer communities.
Habitat Highlands County is working to help families affected by hurricane Irma through critical home repairs and even helping hurricane-displaced families like Natria’s become first-time homeowners.
For Jarrell Howell, AmeriCorps became an outlet for leadership skills honed in the U.S. Army.
Habitat’s advocacy efforts in Honduras increase the availability of affordable land for a grandfather like German.