Habitat for Humanity Hungary was established in 1996. In that year former president of the United States Jimmy Carter, and his 500 volunteers, built ten homes within a week in Vác. Following this massive building effort, affiliates were founded in several communities around Hungary. To date, we have served 390 families at ten different locations. About 150 families moved into a new Habitat home, and about 240 families participated in different repair and renovation projects. We also served 290 families with financial education and construction technical assistance.
Current projects:
Individual repairs: We help low-income families improve their homes by changing windows, installing insulation and other works, so that they can save energy and money.
Condominium repairs: We help low-income families/pensioners living in condominiums fix problems in common areas of the house to save energy and money.
Social rental unit renovations: The social rental units owned by municipalities are critical to the housing of the poorest in Hungary. With a small and deteriorating stock, our repair program for municipalities is vital to give shelter to very poor families.
Institutional renovations and extensions: We help social institutions (eg. homeless shelter, autistic home) to renovate and extend their buildings to provide space for more residents from vulnerable groups.
