When you donate to Habitat for Humanity, you're helping to make the cost of home something every family can afford.

Families all across the Southern Alberta are paying too high a price to cover the cost of home.

Rent and homeownership rates are skyrocketing, while wages are not keeping pace. Far too often, families struggle to make ends meet.

At Habitat for Humanity, we know that a family should never have to spend more than 30 percent of their income on a home.

But consider that today 1 in 5 families can't afford their housing.

Before becoming a Habitat homeowner, Kateryna and her daughter Erika were one of these families. Kateryna moved 10 times in 10 years with her landlords selling properties or increasing rent faster than she could save up. Read Kateryna's whole story HERE.

1 in 5 families are denied the stability that affordable housing provides and are forced to make impossible choices.

Safe homes. Nutritious food on the table. Health care. Access to good schools. Reliable transportation. Which would you choose?

Kateryna sacrificed her dream of homeownership to ensure that her daughter had safe, although temporary, places to live. Once the war in Ukraine began, Kateryna brought her parents to Canada, overcrowding her one-bedroom apartment. 

The Habitat homeownership program has brought stability to the entire family, allowing them to thrive in a home they can afford, in a neighbourhood they love. 

When the cost of home is a family’s future, the cost is too high. When the cost of home is any family’s future, that’s something none of us can afford.

We know the complexities that surround the cost of home. We also know the struggle, stress and pain of far too many families in our communities. Those with the fewest resources are forced to make the hardest choices.

We all have to take a stand and declare our commitment to ensure that no family has to pay more than half of their paycheck to cover the cost of home.

Everyone deserves to build the foundation for a strong, healthy future for their families. Donate today and make the cost of home something every family can afford.