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Family partners mentor Habitat families on their journey towards homeownership. They provide consistent, frequent contact with the home buyer family to prepare families to become strong, stable, and self-reliant homeowners.

They guide families in maintaining current and future financial obligations, support them in achieving sweat equity hours, provide their family with other community resources as needed, and present the keys to the partner family during their home dedication.

“These families have had struggles, but they are able to get themselves back on their feet and move forward. That is truly motivational.”

Mariah is a third-grade teacher in Tucson. After completing sweat equity and taking financial classes she purchased her home with Habitat Tucson this year.

Every dollar you spend at the store helps Habitat Tucson build affordable homes in Southern Arizona.

When I began my internship search this previous summer, the only thing I knew about Habitat for Humanity was that they build houses. While doing further research through the University […]

Along with the technical skills I gained, I had the wonderful opportunity of seeing more of what Habitat Tucson does for the community. I was aware that this organization helps make affordable housing possible, but I was moved by how much they do to help better people’s lives.

Sheltering in place means the front line of the COVID-19 crisis is at our own front doors, those very walls we shelter within.

“Home is more than just a place to put up pictures or rest your head at night,” says Rhyana. “For my daughters, it will always be the place mom is at.

Gerry and Carolyn have been volunteering at Habitat Tucson for the past 23 years and have no plans of leaving anytime soon.

Habitat for Humanity is approaching the problem by introducing Habitat Tucson’s very first small home.

At just 900 sq. feet, this 2-bedroom 1-bathroom home is the perfect fit for smaller families.

Our stores might be closed to the public, but you can now shop our HabiStore online!

When asked what home means to him, Jean wrote it down in his first language, Kinyarwanda: “Ahantuzaba igihecyose hitwiwawe.” Translated, it means, “It will always be with you.”

“While it may feel like one person alone can’t make a difference, you become part of a team that together can make a huge impact on somebody’s life.”

Alice is living with Parkinson Disease and has developed issues with her balance. With a fear of falling, the replacement of their old deteriorating ramp was urgent. That’s where A Brush With Kindness comes in!

Since 2011, The Home Depot Foundation has invested more than $160 million to provide safe housing to veterans, and along with the help of Team Depot volunteers, has transformed more than 26,700 homes for veterans.

As a 7th grade teacher at Mansfield Middle School for the past thirteen years, Elizabeth is no stranger to hard work, patience, and resilience. But Elizabeth, Cesar, and their four teenaged children Jailene, Jazelle, Gizelle, and Cesar Jr. have been renting a cramped house for the past six years. Everyone’s squeezed in tight. Privacy? Forget it! Not only is the house filled well beyond capacity, but also has flooring issues and a leak in the roof causing summertime mold. And in the winter, poor insulation led to huge heating bills.

Being accepted into the Habitat homeownership program this year has been life-changing.

the HabiStore was able to divert 1,040 tons of building materials, appliances, new and gently used furniture, and home accessories from the local landfill. That’s more than double the tonnage the HabiStore saved from the landfill in previous years!

The HabiStore serves as a recycling hub that helps keep usable household items out of landfills. All sales generated by the HabiStore directly support the building of additional energy-efficient, affordable homes in the Tucson community.

This past year, more than 253 individuals in Tucson benefited from the kindness of Habitat Tucson supporters, volunteers — and you.

During this coronavirus outbreak, Meghan represents so many in our community–a hardworking parent who just wants a safe, healthy future for her family.

Habitat for Humanity Tucson has donated our supply of respirator masks to Tucson area hospitals as medical personnel battle the Coronavirus in Arizona and around the country.