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Learn how poverty is defined, why affordable housing can be difficult to find, how housing relates to health and more.

Let Habitat and Thrivent Worldwide take you on a journey of truly living generously.

Habitat’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter is delighted to invite you to a webinar on “The Business Case for Housing Microfinance in Africa” on Thursday, April 5, 2018 from 4-5:30 p.m. East Africa Time.

Nothing is more important for Habitat for Humanity than the welfare of the people we work with every day. These resources and policies help ensure the safety of our volunteers, our employees and those in the communities where we work.

As sub-Saharan Africa braces for continued rapid urbanization, Habitat’s ShelterTech platform uses an accelerator model to fast-track innovative housing solutions by advancing local startups through a six-month program to scale their business models and get them investor ready.

Through our Aging in Place program, Habitat aims to help older adults make the upgrades and repairs necessary to ensure their homes are accessible and safe to continue living in as they age. These stories exemplify our work to provide these accessible accommodations across the U.S.

Together, we and our partners are committed to helping the people of Haiti do the incredibly hard work of rebuilding so that they are safer and more secure in their homes the next time disaster strikes.

The need for global housing is so vast and the issues that surround it are so complex that Habitat works in many ways to partner with families and communities to create sustainable and sweeping change. That’s how we will realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.

The lack of affordable housing across the U.S. continues to threaten the livelihoods of essential workers. Habitat for Humanity Roaring Fork Valley and partners created Basalt Vista, a sustainable housing development to help 27 families stay and continue serving the community.

Finding a decent, affordable place to call home was an ongoing challenge for Donyelle, a public school employee for 37 years. “We were really in need of better housing,” Donyelle says.