Habitat for Humanity Thailand is part of the global network, Habitat for Humanity International, which operates in nearly 80 countries around the world. Since 1976, Habitat for Humanity International has built, rehabilitated, repaired or improved more than 500,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 2.5 million people. Established in 1998, Habitat for Humanity Thailand improves the quality of Thai people’s lives through building homes and transforming communities. HFH Thailand works with like-minded partners, focusing on holistic development and sustainable change to achieve a positive and lasting impact. By providing decent homes, HFH Thailand boosts a family’s economic and educational opportunities, improves health and social integration. According to the needs of the families and communities, HFH Thailand and its partners will facilitate job training, encourage home-based businesses, set up health centers, community centers and libraries, among others. What is Habitat Thailand

Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Habitat builds and rehabilitates simple, decent houses with the help of the homeowner (known as partner families). Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, inflation-adjusted, no-interest mortgage loans. The homeowners’ monthly mortgage payments go into a revolving fund and are used to build still more Habitat houses. Habitat is not a giveaway program. In addition to a down payment and the monthly mortgage payments, homeowners invest hundreds of hours of their own labor — sweat equity — into building their Habitat house and the houses of others. How does the Habitat No Profit, No Interest housing work

Habitat for Humanity is not a give away program, but a partnership with those who benefit. Each homeowner family is required to invest hundreds of hours of sweat equity into the construction of their home or the Habitat program. Habitat houses are sold to partner families at no profit, financed with affordable, inflation- adjusted, no-interest mortgage loans. How does the partnership with homeowners work?