Our Vision
Habitat for Humanity’s vision is of a world where housing poverty and homelessness have been eliminated, and everyone has a safe, decent place to live; a place that they can call ‘home’, because we believe that the home is a key catalyst in helping to permanently break the cycle of poverty.
Our values
Christian principles
Habitat for Humanity is founded on Christian principles. Jesus detested injustice, and just as He was on the side of the poor and vulnerable, so are we. We have both respect and compassion for those in housing need. We believe in their potential, as God does, and want to work with them to claim their housing rights and solve their housing issues, as a practical expression of our faith. However, the faith of our homepartners plays no part in their selection for our help: We believe that all people have a right to a decent home, whatever their race or creed.
Inclusion
We also recognise that there are many others of all faiths and none who feel just as passionately about these issues, and welcome them to work with us. Working together as a community in practical action is a key part of what makes us who we are. Solving the issues of poverty housing takes a movement of people on a grand scale. So whoever you are, whatever you do or believe, if you agree that poverty housing is unacceptable – we welcome you to join with us and be part of the solution!
Community self-help
We believe that every community, no matter how poor, has the potential capacity and capability to solve their own housing issues. We work with them to develop that potential so that, by participating in their own solution, they develop leadership, management and practical skills that can be used in other ways to benefit the community. Participation by local communities is both a means and an end.