Women Build Week
Women Build Empowers Women in Homeownership
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We all had such a great time last year, we've added a second week to this year's event!
This year we're tiling, painting, finishing flooring and interior work for future homeowner Sara, who is excited to be a first-time homebuyer!
Women Build is a dedicated volunteer event that empowers and educates women building, investing and advocating for simple, decent, and affordable housing around the world. Since 1991, Habitat for Humanity has celebrated women's homeownership through Women Build Week.
We are proud, and honored to partner with Lowe's, who, since 2003, has contributed more than $40 million dollars and countless volunteer hours to help hundreds of homeowners during Habitat for Humanity Women Build weeks in more than 300 communities across the country.
Sponsors interested in joining us are welcome! Please email Kristie at executivedirector@scvhabitat.org Let's get busy building our communities!
Women Build will be in New Richmond, April 30 - May 10
Our New Richmond homebuyer is a single-woman, first-time homeowner!
In the U.S., single women own more homes than single men
(19% compared to 10% according to a 2024 report from National Association of Realtors)
Key Homeownership Demographic
Single women first-time buyers grew from 11% in 1985 to 24% in 2024
Just a little older
The median age of single women as first time buyers is 40,compared to men, who have a median age of 34 – this is due, in part, to wage gaps, and also to more single-women caretakers who juggle finances to raise children, etc.
Equitable Opportunity
Women gained the right to obtain mortgages independently, without requiring a male co-signer, with the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) in 1974
All are welcome
We welcome everyone on our job sites! If you believe we all deserve safe, affordable homeownership access, you should join us as a Women Build Volunteer. There's a great t-shirt waiting for you!
More about Women Build Week
Habitat for Humanity Women Build
Habitat for Humanity Women Build had it's start in 1991.
- Lowe’s co-sponsored the Jimmy Carter Work Project, which built 92 homes in Georgia and Alabama during Women Build Week in 2003.
- Habitat’s Women Build has been part of projects like the First Ladies Build -where women governors and first ladies from 50 states joined us to build homes for families in need.
- In 2005, Lowe's provided a $2,000 credit for each of the 230 homes being built in that project that year.
- In 2006, Women’s Build hosted our First Families program to build a home in every state.
- International Women Build Week went virtual in 2021