Impact

Habitat for Humanity is a movement of people in your local area, and around the world, working together to build prosperous and healthy communities by making sure everyone has a decent, safe, affordable place to call home.

Since our founding in 1976, together we have helped tens of millions of people in countries around the world build their life on their own terms through access to safe, decent, affordable homes.

We’ve done that by working alongside them to build, repair and finance their homes, by innovating new ways of building and financing to make it easier for others to build, and by advocating for policies that make building and accessing housing easier for everyone.

Every safe, affordable home sparks wider change, leading to better health, education and well-being, more economic growth and less poverty. Peace of mind and the ability to focus on what matters most – it all starts with a home.

1,247
households impacted since 1984

During Fiscal Year 2026…

FY26 Annual Report

Highlights from our work between July 2025 and June 2026, including:

  • Investing in community and how we support our homebuyers during and after the homeownership program
  • Our repair work in the wake of Tropical Storm Chantal
  • Our impact beyond Orange County from Honduras to Malawi
  • Updates on Auman Village, our next community in Hillsborough
  • Stories from those closest to our work

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Strategic Plan

Empowered by our past, we can do more. Inspired by our vision, we must do more. Our five-year strategic plan lays out how Orange Habitat will shift the paradigm to serve more people in Orange County.

Read the Plan Watch Presentation

Evidence Briefs

Improving affordable homeownership leads to numerous outcomes that extend beyond the house​​​​​. Through a series of evidence briefs, Habitat for Humanity International is bringing to light research on the impact that affordable housing has on households at home and beyond.

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