Learn more about home affordability in the U.S. and how record-low housing supply has made the dream of homeownership unattainable for millions - especially true for low-income households and households of color.
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.
In 2023, Habitat launched a sustainable design innovation challenge, generously sponsored by Weyerhauser, with the goal of increasing access to affordable, high-quality homes by encouraging innovative ideas that promote sustainability and resiliency. Check out a slideshow of the results.
However you help, Habitat for Humanity is all of us working together to literally meet families where they live and partner with them to improve their housing.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter returned to the Habitat for Humanity build site in Winnipeg this morning.
“Every day I when wake up in this house and I sit in the back warming up my car or I sit in the front or I’m shoveling a sidewalk, I just look up at it and sometimes still can’t believe that I own this. This is mine!”
A Habitat home designed for people with disabilities removes obstacles for Oscar and his parents.
Watch messages from some of our celebrity supporters and share them with friends and family to raise awareness for our work to help families build and improve safe, decent and affordable places to call home.
The news was shared with a ceremonial passing of the hammer between Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region and Twin Cities Habitat during the closing ceremony of this year’s weeklong blitz build in Charlotte.