Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Since 1976, Habitat has built more than 250,000 houses, providing shelter for more than 1 million people worldwide. Habitat is a grassroots movement with a presence in more than 90 countries and all 50 of the United States, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico.
Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (partner) families. Families that put sweat equity into their house, building it along with volunteers and assisted by trained supervisors, purchase the Habitat house. Houses are sold to the families at no profit, with no interest on the mortgage. Individuals, corporations, faith groups and others provide financial support. At the Church of the Palms our work during the past three years has been directed to the rehabilitation of homes. This project is called, Operation Rehabitat.