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.
Habitat’s advocacy efforts in Honduras increase the availability of affordable land for a grandfather like German.
Habitat for Humanity International calls on the UN to recommit to its efforts to expand access to safe, adequate and affordable housing across the world.
Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, discusses the importance of affordable housing for reducing poverty in America.
Habitat helps cities in Honduras adopt housing policy that improves affordability for growing families like Fanny and Fredy’s.
Habitat CEO Jonathan Reckford reflects on just what you help build when you build with us.
In 2017, the Carters helped 150 families build and improve places they can call home as Canada celebrated its 150th anniversary.
Refugees Asia and Edik were able to find safety and security in affordable housing due to Habitat Poland’s advocacy efforts.
In this essay, Habitat’s vice president of government relations and advocacy reflects on the progress made in the first year of our U.S. housing affordability advocacy campaign, Cost of Home, and where we must focus our efforts in the future in the face of impacts from COVID-19, issues of systemic racism and upcoming elections.
In 1992, Jerzy and Alicja became the first family to take a leap of faith and partner with Habitat Poland. Because they did, they, their children and their grandchildren are reaping the rewards that come with a stable, affordable home.