Habitat for Humanity helped 13.4 million people build or improve homes in 2023, and an additional 9.5 million people gained the potential to improve their housing conditions through training programs and advocacy work, according to the global nonprofit’s fiscal year 2023 annual report.
In the United States and Canada, Habitat for Humanity, No. 28 on the 2023 Builder 100 list, served 11,516 individuals through new-construction homes and 2,788 through rehab construction. The organization defines new houses as structures that meet Habitat for Humanity quality standards and local building codes. Rehabs are restorations of housings that once met Habitat’s standards and local building codes but “needed major, usually structural, work to bring them back to these standards and codes.”
Additionally, Habitat for Humanity served 22,010 individuals through repair projects, which includes minor projects such as patching roofs or walls and replacing materials in houses that still meet Habitat’s quality standards.
To determine individuals impacted, Habitat for Humanity multiplies the number of households served by four for new-construction and restoration projects and the number of households by two for repair projects.
“This year, in the face of a global housing crisis, Habitat staff, supporters, volunteers, advocates, and homeowners made meaningful progress toward our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live,” said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity International. “In prioritizing not just our own building expertise but also building broader solutions with partners around the world, our work reached more people than ever before. Through increasingly severe weather events, higher building costs, and conflicts across the globe, we were humbled and awed by the dedication on display by the Habitat network.”
The organization reported $351 million in revenue in fiscal year 2023, along with an estimated $2.4 billion in total revenue through the organization’s federated network of Habitat organizations in the United States and around the world. Habitat for Humanity allocated $159.7 million to expenses for its U.S. affiliates.
