The vision of Habitat for Humanity is a world where everyone can live in a decent place.

The first three houses, in our country, were handed over in 1999 in Port Botanical, the peripheral area of the capital in the Central Department. As of December 2008, they were able to provide 900 housing solutions, positively impacting the lives of nearly 5,000 people. 

Currently we are developing projects in the departments of Itapúa, Central, Paraguarí, Caaguazú, Concepción, Presidente Hayes, and Boquerón.

The institutional status of Habitat for Humanity Paraguay is approved by the Government of the Country. Our organization has legal status recognized by Decree No. 807 and is actively involved in the Red del Habitat Popular del Paraguay (Paraguay People's Habitat Network), an organization which encompasses inter-governmental institutions and civil society organizations working in this field.

National Deliberative Council

In Paraguay, the Board of Directors is composed of:

• Roberto Zub, President
• Luis Almirón, Vice-President
• Inés Ruggero, Treasurer
• Gladys Barrios, Secretary

Members:

• Raúl Luraghi,
• Heinrich Friesen,
• Julia Maciel
• María Victoria de Pérez

Audit:

• Juan Mendoza
• Federico Beck
• Directora Ejecutiva:
• Mary Lechenuk Lisnichuk

What does Habitat for Humanity propose?

• Habitat for Humanity helps families build their own homes or the renovation of an existing one.
• Families, communities, enterprises, and organizations of society get involved in the process.
• Habitat not only provides a no-interest credit to families with a housing need, but also the readjustment of shares subject to the minimum wage unit established by the Central Bank of Paraguay.
• The family builds the house with materials and technical assistance, provided by Habitat; the family is responsible to repay the loan, within 1 to 7 years. In this way, these resources are returned to the revolving funds for Habitat for Humanity Paraguay to continue helping more families.
• Habitat for Humanity gives families all the building, financial education that improves the management and family living conditions.
• The solutions (SH) include the construction of new homes, progressive alterations, additions or improvements of any kind.
• Housing construction enables the generation of jobs in the communities where it is built, increasing the economic movement in capital investment.
• Habitat for Humanity is mobilizing national and international volunteers, people that work jointly in the construction of housing, promoting mutual aid and self.

Requirements for borrower’s families:

• The person applying for credit should be part of the family or live with their relatives: parents, siblings, partners or children.
• The family must demonstrate real interest and need for adequate housing.
• This should make a commitment to participate in building their own homes, based on the principle of "sweat equity".
• They must own land with the title or the in the process of paying for it. This land should not be located in areas with high risk of natural disasters or the like.
• The family makes the home through a loan that Habitat for Humanity gives through revolving funds.
• The family must have stable income to be able to make the loan for the construction, within a 7 year maximum.
• Family members must participate in Financial Education Training that Habitat for Humanity develops.
• For the selection of the families, we do not discriminate based on someone’s ethnicity, religion, race, etc.

Documents required :

• Personal and business references.
• Personal documents of the applicant and his or her family.
• Personal documents of a co-signer.
• In the case of formal workers, the applicant and the co-signer need to present a work certificate.
• Demonstration of monthly income (the family), between 1 to 3 minimum wages (USD. 200 to 600 approx.). Permanent or consistent employment.
• The applicants should not register with demands.