Habitat for Humanity International

Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI), located in Americus, Georgia, is an organization dedicated to building simple, decent, affordable shelter around the world.

In order to accomplish this mission, local affiliates such as Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East were formed.  Affiliates are all independent, and locally run, nonprofit organizations. Each affiliate is responsible for coordinating all aspects of Habitat home building in its local area, including fundraising, building site selection, partner family selection and support, house construction, and mortgage servicing.

HFHI assists these affiliates through providing information, training, and a variety of other support services.  To help support HFHI’s work, all Habitat affiliates are asked to “tithe” 10 percent of their undesignated contributions to Habitat for Humanity International to fund house-building work in other nations. Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East has decided that our tithe dollars support Habitat for Humanity affiliates in the countries of El Salvador and Thailand.

To find out more about the work of Habitat for Humanity worldwide, please visit the Habitat for Humanity International website.

What is Habitat for Humanity International?

• A nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry.
• HFHI seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
• To accomplish these goals, we invite people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need.
• Habitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 by Millard Fuller, along with his wife, Linda.
• Today, HFHI has built over 300,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1.5 million people in 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.