Families in need of affordable housing live everywhere: small towns and villages, sprawling cities, your community.

Housing need presents itself wherever people live and work, and it takes many forms and has far-reaching effects.

While the vast majority of Americans feel stable and secure in their current situation, housing insecurity touches nearly half of adults at some point in their lives. A majority of Americans believe that it is challenging to find affordable quality housing in their communities and more than half of all adults say they have made at least one trade-off in order to cover their rent or mortgage. Such trade-offs may include taking second jobs, cutting back on health care and healthy food, and moving to less safe neighborhoods.

Over the next ten weeks we invite you to join us, to mobilize your community, to be an influencer and make a difference in your local community. Habitat for Humanity of Eastern Connecticut has been working locally since 1987. Together with generous influencers like you, we have completed 95 homes. That means that 95 families have been empowered to build a better life and a stronger future for themselves and their communities. Decent, affordable shelter provides families with a place to gather and grow. Even more, by working with Habitat to achieve affordable homeownership, families can transform their lives.

As a generosity movement, giving can take on many different forms beyond a financial donation. Each week we will present a new area of focus that you can get involved with by joining our generosity movement.

How bold will you be this season? How far will you reach to make a difference in the lives of local communities, families and futures?