Celebrating Our 25th Anniversary!

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2025 marks the 25th year of your local chapter changing lives in Middlesex County.  While Habitat for Humanity International provides structural support and donations from corporate sponsors, HFHM relies solely upon volunteers for its operations. 

 

Habitat for Humanity Middlesex partners with generous local donors, contractors, electrical and plumbing providers, as well as a team of untrained volunteers to construct quality homes and provide housing security in your community.

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The Affordable Housing Crisis

 

Nationally and locally, there is an affordable housing crisis due to a shortage of entry level homes and rising prices.  It is estimated that 1 in 4 renters across the US are paying more than 50% of their household income in rent.  With home ownership out of reach, existing racial, wealth, health and educational disparities continue to deepen.  While having safe and stable places to call home is vitally important to an individual family, it also impacts our county.  There is good evidence that safety improves, and crime goes down in communities with stable housing.

 

Housing insecurity impacts families and especially families with children. 

 

According to Dr. Megan Sandel, associate professor at Boston Schools of Medicine and Public Health and the Grow Clinic for Children at Boston Medical School there are four aspects of housing that affect a child’s health.  The quality, stability, affordability and location of housing have both short and long-term effects on children’s health and development. 

 

Children who live in safe, stable housing enjoy better health and greater success in school when compared to families facing eviction or the difficult choice of whether to spend limited household income.  Studies show that children experiencing food insecurity were two-fold less likely to be underweight if they were in a stable housing situation compared to those living in unstable or unsuitable housing.  

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