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Fifty years after the Fair Housing Act, where do barriers to accessible and affordable housing still exist, and what are the best ways we can affect change?

Financial support and housing programs from federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture can have a major impact on the number of families Habitat affiliates can partner with. For North St. Louis County Habitat in rural Minnesota, USDA funding has helped the affiliate increase their affordable homebuilding. 

“No matter where my kids go, when we talk about home, everybody’s heart is here,” says Peggy, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran who was able to repair her family home with the support of Habitat and The Home Depot Foundation.

Check out these projects to see how amazing transformations like these help more families achieve strength, stability and self-reliance through shelter.

Krushetta was tired of renting and waiting on repairs, but she’s achieved her dream of homeownership by building with Habitat, and her family is thriving.

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.

Habitat’s Shelter Venture Fund invests in innovative startup firms in order to help make quality products and services available to low-income families to improve their shelter and living conditions.

Stacey Creamer, Greater Cincinnati Habitat volunteer, shares what first hooked her on volunteering with Habitat and what brings her back.

Find out more about the qualifications for Habitat homeownership.

A family’s living conditions can play a significant role in a child’s educational opportunities and achievements.