Young volunteer serves, strengthens hometown in the Philippines — To Mardee Tangian, home means everything. “Our home is not strongly built. It needs a lot of work, but, at the same time, we are fortunate because a lot of people don’t have decent housing at all,” she says, describing the house she shares with members of her immediate and…

How a young volunteer and advocate pursues passion and purpose with Habitat — “A lot of my family is from Louisiana, from Opelousas to New Orleans,” says Kirby Page, who grew up in the nearby Texas Gulf Coast. “Post-Katrina, I remember getting in the family car and going back to that area, where I spent much of my childhood, with my mom. …

From grief, a legacy of love blooms — Claire and Joel Tomkinson realized their car had officially become part of the family when their young daughter gave it a name: Car-ie. The red SUV had served the couple well as they started their small working farm and, later, their family. Over time, the needs of the family and…

In 1991, five volunteers opened Habitat for Humanity’s first-ever ReStore in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their vision was clear: keep new and used home and building materials out of the waste stream while helping fund Habitat’s home-, hope- and community-building work. Customers came from all over to find deals on windows, doors…

Habitat for Humanity volunteers are at the heart of our mission. With their passion and determination, they build and repair homes, revitalize neighborhoods, help change policies and undertake actions that help more families benefit from affordable homeownership. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures undertaken by…

It had been a year since Ernie, an outgoing 87-year-old U.S. Army veteran, had been outside on his own. The entrance to his home for the last 50 years — the one he had shared with his late wife and raised his children in — could not accommodate the wheelchair…

The concept of housing equity rests on the principle that everyone — no matter who they are or where they come from — should have access to a safe, decent and affordable home. But, simply put, access to housing is not an equal playing field. In the U.S., historical race…

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New paper from Habitat explores the research and collates findings — Homeownership comes with a long list of proven benefits: helping families build wealth, improving health outcomes, providing long-term stability, increasing academic success. But access to homeownership has not been and is not equally available to all. Throughout history and into the present day, Black and Hispanic/Latino families in the U.S…