Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento entered 2025 celebrating a major milestone—40 years of building homes, communities, and hope. As we move into 2026, we are building on that legacy with renewed momentum to meet the growing demand for affordable housing in our region.
In 2025 alone, we received 891 applications for homeownership, underscoring the urgent and increasing need for stable, affordable housing in Sacramento and Yolo counties. In response, Habitat continued to expand its impact—building and selling 10 new homes, with 16 more under construction, and completing 84 critical home repairs for low-income families, seniors, and veterans to help them remain safely in their homes.
Habitat’s model remains rooted in partnership and empowerment. Qualified families invest 500 hours of sweat equity, working alongside volunteers to build their homes and strengthen their financial futures. They then purchase their homes with an affordable mortgage, creating a foundation for long-term stability and generational wealth.
With the support of our community, 2025 was a record-breaking year. Together, we served more than 8,000 individuals through homebuilding, repairs, and community projects. Volunteers contributed 22,945 hours of service, while 161 partner organizations helped expand our reach. Through our ReStore, we diverted over 1 million pounds of materials from landfills, generating more than $1.17 million to reinvest into our mission.
Since 1985, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento has built or repaired 642 homes, transforming the lives of thousands of local families. As we look ahead, we remain committed to scaling our impact—building more homes, preserving existing ones, and strengthening neighborhoods across our region.
The need has never been greater—and neither has the opportunity to make a lasting difference. We invite you to join us as we continue this work and carry the momentum of 40 years forward into the future.
Safe, decent, affordable housing is needed now more than ever. Habitat brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope by creating homeownership opportunities for working families, preserving existing affordable housing for seniors and Veterans, and uplifting underserved neighborhoods.
Needs
• Funding: Each new home build requires approximately $350,000 to cover infrastructure and construction costs. Home repair projects for low-income seniors, families, and Veterans typically range from $3,500 to $60,000 per project.
• Board Members: We seek Board Members who are enthusiastic about making a difference in affordable housing. We aim to assemble a diverse Board comprising individuals from various backgrounds and industries to advance Habitat's mission.
• In-kind Donations: We continually welcome in-kind donations for our ReStore, a home improvement outlet that sells donated new and used materials to fund our mission. Additionally, we appreciate in-kind donations of materials or skilled labor for our new home builds and critical repair projects.
• Volunteers: With over 3,000 volunteers involved annually, we always need extra hands for construction, assisting in the ReStore, and participating in special events.
Equity Statement
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento has an open-door policy: All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.