How does Habitat for Humanity help alleviate poverty?
Habitat for Humanity works in nearly 90 countries around the world, on six continents, to provide clean, decent, and stable housing to those in need. This allows families to gain stability, dignity, and security. Habitat homes, however, are not given away. Habitat is able to make housing affordable to low-income families by selling them through a no-profit mortgage and working with these homeowner and volunteers to build under trained supervision. What does Habitat do to help families in the United States? In the United Sates alone, 95 million people – one third of the nation – have housing problems including payments too large a percentage of their income, overcrowding, poor quality shelter and homelessness. Habitat for Humanity has helped more than 30,000 American families get into safe, decent housing they can afford since its first U.S. affiliate was founded in San Antonio, Texas in 1978. Habitat affiliates build in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the
