How did Habitat for Humanity get started?
Many consider Habitat to be the creation of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. Although they were instrumental in bringing international attention to Habitat, the organization was actually founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller. Headquarters are still in Americus, GA, where the organization originally began. • How many houses have been built? More than 200,000 houses have been built, in 3,000 communities around the world, since it was founded in 1976. That has provided more than 1,000,000 people with safe, decent, affordable homes! • How much do they cost? The average Habitat house costs the homeowner about $60,000, in the U.S. and mortgages can run from 7 to 30 years.
