620 families served in FY21
25 individuals served through new construction
545 served through repairs
Since 2002, we have been addressing housing poverty in Argentina by mobilising people and resources to promote access to adequate housing.
In Argentina, we promote human and community development by enhancing existing resources among families and groups that make up the local community.
In this way, we offer families living in inadequate conditions the opportunity to manage a solution to their housing problem in a comprehensive manner.
Families are the ones who lead the process of self-construction of their homes and the management of solutions. Taking that leadership as a starting point, Habitat for Humanity Argentina seek to establish a link between families, volunteers, professionals and the community in general.
For the past four decades, Argentina has gone from crisis to crisis, from the military dictatorship of the late 1970s to hyperinflation in the late ’80s and the economic crash of 2001. This has contributed to a culture unused to saving for the long term, and an economic environment where loans are not easy to come by.
Almost 3.5 million households — more than 10 million people — are facing housing problems.
An estimated 40.6% of the population lives in poverty, and more than 50% works in the informal sector. More than three in 10 persons lack adequate housing. They often experience critical overcrowding, lack of access to drinking water and sanitation services, dirt roads, and no means of transportation or access to the main services.
By supporting our work in Argentina we can help more vulnerable people to have a safe place to call home through construction and education.
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