About Us

Habitat for Humanity - New York City transforms lives and our city by uniting all New Yorkers around the cause of decent, affordable housing
for everyone.

Founded in 1984 as an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat-NYC builds in the five boroughs of New York City. We complete about 25 houses a year. Our current projects include a 41-unit newly constructed condominium building in Ocean Hill - Brownsville, Brooklyn. Our Atlantic Avenue complex is the largest multifamily Habitat project ever and will meet LEED's stringent green standards. Click here to learn more about our Atlantic Avenue complex or our construction program.

We build the homes with the “sweat equity” of our family partner homeowners who work side-by-side with volunteers. Professional contractors build the exterior shells to code, and the volunteers do the interior construction. Each year an average of 10,000 New Yorkers from faith institutions, corporations, schools and civic groups come to build with us and learn more about how to help solve New York’s affordable housing crisis. Click here to learn more about volunteering. Click here to learn how to own a Habitat home.

In addition to building homes, Habitat-NYC is a leading advocate for affordable housing. Our goal is to ensure that every New Yorker has a decent, affordable home, by creating a social movement to end the housing crisis plaguing New York City and by calling on elected officials to make affordable housing a priority. Click here to read the Habitat-NYC 2008 Housing Covenant Adobe Acrobal PDF (requires free Adobe Acrobat Reader).