Building homes and hope across El Paso

Habitat for Humanity of El Paso partners with local families to build and repair affordable homes. Read the latest from our build sites, and find your way to help.

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What we do in El Paso

We're the local Habitat affiliate serving El Paso County. With homeowner partners, volunteers, and donors, we build new homes, repair existing ones, and run the Habitat ReStore that helps fund it all. One family, one address at a time.

Homeownership

Home Repairs

Veteran's Repairs

Habitat ReStore

How Habitat works

It's a hand up, not a handout. Homeowner partners invest hundreds of hours of sweat equity, complete homeownership classes, and buy their homes with an affordable mortgage. Donations and volunteer hours make every build possible.

Habitat for Humanity of El Paso homeowner partners at their future home build site
By John Valenzuela July 27, 2026
Volunteers and a family raise a new home wall frame beneath a bright El Paso sky.
By John Valenzuela July 27, 2026
Habitat for Humanity El Paso: who qualifies for a home, what sweat equity means, and how to volunteer or donate. Serving El Paso County since 1981.
Modest El Paso home at sunset with American flag and warm lit window, symbolizing hope and home.
By John Valenzuela July 27, 2026
7 ways to give back in El Paso this July 4th — volunteer with Habitat, sponsor a veteran's home repair, or run a Curbside Kindness drive. Start today.
A smiling young family stands on the front steps of their newly completed Habitat for Humanity home
By John Valenzuela July 27, 2026
Wondering how to apply for a Habitat home in El Paso? A step-by-step guide to eligibility, sweat equity, and the 0% interest, 30-year mortgage.
By Thelma Ramos December 5, 2023
Habitat Offices move in with sister ReStore
By Thelma Ramos December 5, 2023
The Sanchez Family Selected for Habitat Home Build
December 5, 2023
Richard Rechy is a Vietnam War veteran who has been suffering from depression for years. by: KTSM- Tawney Davis

Four ways to get involved

Habitat El Paso volunteers outside a completed home at the Dusk View build

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Donate

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Volunteer on a build

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Shop the ReStore

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Voices from our El Paso community