Habitat for Humanity – New York City transforms lives and our city by uniting all New Yorkers around the cause of decent, affordable housing for everyone. Founded in 1984 as an independent affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, Habitat–NYC builds in four boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. Our current project is our largest affordable housing project to date; three new buildings that will contain 41 homes in the Ocean Hill-Brownville section of Brooklyn. Click here to learn more about our construction program. We build the homes with the “sweat equity” of our family partner homeowners, who work side-by-side with volunteers. Professional contractors build the exterior shells to code, and the volunteers do the interior construction. Each year, an average of 10,000 New Yorkers from faith institutions, corporations, schools and civic groups come to build with us and learn more about how to help solve New York’s affordable housing crisis. In addition to building homes, Habitat–NYC is a leading advocate for affordable housing. By creating a social movement to end the housing crisis plaguing New York City and calling on elected officials to make affordable housing a priority our goal is to ensure that every New Yorker has a decent, affordable home.