(Portland, OR) The City of Portland announced the final building project that will receive funding from the Portland Energy Efficient Home Pilot (PEEHP), a grant fund created to offset the costs of constructing homes by builders that perform above the energy efficiency level of the 2008 Oregon Energy Code standards. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East […]

Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East would like to recognize the leadership of Mr. Coats in the early days of our local affiliate. Our thoughts are with the Coats family. Coats, Orville A. 91 01/18/1919 07/06/2010 Orville A. Coats was born Jan. 18, 1919, in Cleveland, Okla., and passed away July 6, 2010, at Willamette View […]

Whoa! Look out Portland area! Yo Gabba Gabba! Live! is coming to the Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, November 14 for two fantastic shows.  Join DJ Lance Rock and his crew for a party in your city! $1.00 from every ticket sold goes to support Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East and affordable housing. Sunday, November 14, 2010 […]

Ranking marks the first time Habitat is in the top 10 ATLANTA (July 14, 2010) – Habitat for Humanity achieved the rank of No. 8 on the Builder 100 list with 5,294 closings, marking the first time it has been among the top 10 biggest homebuilders in the United States. The list also shows Habitat […]

Please review Qualify & Apply page to ensure you meet our guidelines before submitting this form to Habitat for Humanity. Please note that this interest form is NOT an application for a Habitat home, but provides us with your contact information so that we can notify you when we have our next round of homeowner information […]

Do you love volunteering for Habitat for Humanity? Tell us about it and win a prize! We are seeking submissions of 500 words or less from Habitat for Humanity volunteers. The Habitat staff will review the submissions and select finalists whose submissions will be posted online. We will then invite folks to choose from the finalists […]

Youth United Build committee members Carlos Jimenez and Kelsey West accepted a $1,000 jumbo debit card yesterday from Community Youth Action Grants, presented to them by Portland’s Mayor Sam Adams. The grant will help fund Habitat’s Youth United Battle of the Bands event on July 10, at the Mt. Tabor Theater. Congratulations!

More than 530 AmeriCorps members–including our five great AmeriCorps members– from around the country came together in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the annual Habitat for Humanity AmeriCorps Build-a-Thon, June 11-17, 2010. During the event, more than 20 homes were built, rehabilitated or repaired.

Habitat would like to congratulate Kelly Antolic (right), Co-chair of the Youth United steering committee, on her recent graduation from Rex Putnam High School. It is no surprise to Habitat staff and volunteers that Kelly’s hard work and dedication led her to become the valedictorian of her 2010 class. Her dedication to Habitat and Youth […]

Habitat for Humanity International has been ranked the fourth top non-profit “leader” brand in the U.S., after American Diabetes Association, Special Olympics, and American Red Cross, according to an online survey. The survey by a U.S.-based public interest communications company rated non-profit groups on leadership attributes. Read the survey. .