Habitat for Humanity - New York City is the largest builder of Habitat homes
in
the Northeast. We have built more than 150 homes in New York City, and more
than 10,000 volunteers build with us each year. Habitat for Humanity’s
first project in New York City began in 1984 with Jimmy Carter’s visit
to the Lower East Side. We now build in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and
Queens.
| 1982 |
Habitat for Humanity Lower East Side affiliate founded.
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| 1984 |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer on the Lower East Side as part of the
First Annual Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP).
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| 1985 |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter return to the Lower East Side for the Second Annual
JCWP.
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| 1989 |
Completion of 742 East 6th Street Mascot Flats, 19 units — the first Habitat
building in New York City.
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| 1994 |
Completion of 745 East 6th Street, 23 units.
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| 1995 |
Consolidation of four New York City affiliates to one united affiliate: Habitat
for Humanity - New York City.
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| 1998 |
Construction of Habitat-NYC’s first new construction development
and first development in Queens.
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| 1999 |
Nine homes completed; Habitat-NYC’s first five-year Strategic
Plan adopted.
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| 2000 |
3,000 volunteers join Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter for JCWP in Brooklyn and Harlem;
Completion of Habitat for Humanity International’s 100,000th home worldwide
in Harlem.
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| 2001 |
Completion of 23 homes in all four boroughs, including first Bronx project.
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| 2002 |
Habitat-NYC Leadership Council established; Habitat-NYC hosts Habit
for Humanity International’s Urban Conference.
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| 2003 |
Completion of 19 homes in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the largest Habitat-NYC
new construction project to date; Completion of Habitat-NYC’s first
Green Building Project in Brooklyn; second five-year Strategic Plan adopted.
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| 2004 |
Habitat-NYC completed the rehabilitation of a five-story apartment building
in Harlem, providing affordable homes for 10 New York families. We also
completed 13 rowhouses in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, all
built from the ground up.
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| 2005 |
Habitat-NYC plans to break ground on new developments in Harlem, Queens and
Brooklyn. |
