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Celebrating Our Annual Affiliate Award Winners

2023 Habitat NYS Advocacy Day

We’re sincerely grateful to all of the Habitat affiliates that joined us in Albany to advocate for fair property taxation and funding for affordable homeownership programs in NY. In total, our advocacy teams held meetings with over 35 legislative offices! Participating affiliates: Columbia County Habitat Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity Buffalo Habitat

2021-2022 Annual Report

Our 2021-2022 Annual Report is now available! CLICK HERE to read more about our impact across the state.

New Property Tax Study Published

Capitol Build Day 2022: Framing a Habitat Home with Our Lawmakers

Together, through the collective effort of over 200 volunteers from across the state, we framed a two-story Habitat home in a single day on Capitol grounds! THANK YOU! The sun came out for our team of volunteers from Habitat affiliates, sponsoring partners, and our representatives and staff members in the New York State government. We

Habitat International Supporting Ukrainian Refugees

From Habitat for Humanity International: BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (March 4, 2022) — Habitat for Humanity this week began distributing hotel vouchers to families fleeing the violence in Ukraine as the humanitarian housing organization ramps up its efforts to reduce the vulnerability of refugees and meet their shelter needs in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The vouchers, secured through

NYS Affiliates Ramp Up Advocacy Efforts

Over the last several weeks, Habitat NYS advocacy efforts have been a central focus for many affiliates across the state. We would first like to thank the Habitat advocates that joined us for our NYS Advocacy Week as well as those that represented New York State at Habitat on the Hill. Both events were held

Flower City Habitat Completes Four New Homes

In a time when a safe home is critically important, we’re delighted to see Flower City Habitat for Humanity celebrating the completion of four new Habitat homes. While the pandemic certainly created some unique challenges, safety was always the priority and social distancing guidelines were carefully observed (limited to one staff person on the build

Habitat NYC Launches Emergency Housing Response Fund

Changes to Mortgage Servicing Laws in NYS

New York State Department of Financial Services has issued an update regarding Regulations for Servicing Mortgage Loans (Part 419). Please review this explanatory letter before continuing. Here is a link to the rules that became effective Dec 18, 2019 with a grace period up to March 17, 2020. In short, the law requires that entities be registered with