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History

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.

There have been many milestones marking the
growth of our affiliate:


1982 Habitat for Humanity Lower East Side affiliate founded.

1984 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer on the Lower East Side as part of the First Annual Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP).

1985 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter return to the Lower East Side for the Second Annual JCWP.

1989 Completion of 742 East 6th Street Mascot Flats, 19 units — the first Habitat building in New York City.

1994 Completion of 745 East 6th Street, 23 units.

1995 Consolidation of four New York City affiliates to one united affiliate: Habitat for Humanity - New York City.

1998 Construction of Habitat-NYC’s first new construction development and first development in Queens.

1999 Nine homes completed; Habitat-NYC’s first five-year Strategic Plan adopted.

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.

2001 Completion of 23 homes in all four boroughs, including first Bronx project.

2002 Habitat-NYC Leadership Council established; Habitat-NYC hosts Habit for Humanity International’s Urban Conference.

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.

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.

2005 Habitat-NYC plans to break ground on new developments in Harlem, Queens and Brooklyn.


Habitat For Humanity
New York, 2006
Photography: Christine Whitney / Design + Development: Decker Design