Our Mission: Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity (Habitat) is an independent affiliate of a global, nonprofit housing organization started in 1976 at Koinonia Farm, a racially integrated working farm founded in 1942 in Georgia. Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) and its affiliates remain committed to working to advance racial equity and strive to eliminate substandard housing locally and worldwide by building, rehabilitating, and preserving homes. Habitat also advocates for fair and just housing policies. Our shared vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live regardless of race, religion, sex, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people.