OUR MISSION
Habitat for Humanity provides homeownership, critical home repairs, employment and volunteer engagement opportunities to U.S. veterans, military service members and their families
Habitat for Humanity’s Veterans Build officially began in 2013 in response to the grassroots Habitat efforts to serve the housing needs of returning veterans. Habitat is now empowering military and veteran families in over 100 communities to achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves
Habitat’s Veterans Build program
focuses on five areas:
- Building
Safe, decent, affordable housing is the centerpiece of Veterans Build.
In many communities, Habitat has expanded programs to maintain and
preserve homes and make them more energy-efficient and affordable.
In partnership with the Home Depot Foundation, Habitat developed
the Repair Corps program to offer critical home repairs to veteran
homeowners. - Employment
We capitalize on skill sets gained from military service by recruiting military
veterans to work with Habitat for Humanity International or the Habitat
office in their community as employees, board members, extended
volunteers, National Service members, interns or fellows. - Volunteer engagement
We provide volunteer experiences that can bring together veterans and
military families with their neighbors, bridging the gap and easing the
transition to civilian life with fulfilling community engagement. - Education
We are training Habitat employees and volunteers in
communities throughout the U.S. to better understand the military
culture and increase effectiveness in interacting with veterans
and military families. We offer financial education and literacy
programs to support successful homeownership among veteran
and military homeowners - Honor
Throughout the year, we host special events that pay tribute to
veterans, raise awareness and mobilize volunteers.