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ABOUT GHF
 It is estimated that over one billion men, women, and children are living in slums in the developing world. These abhorrent conditions are a personal tragedy for each family that lives in them. They also represent a moral crisis for the rest of us--and a threat to the global economy and world security. 34% of the families living in slums are employed.
Private-public partnerships like that of Global Housing Foundation are crucial to addressing and solving these catastrophic, imminent problems. For this reason, the United Nations, through its UN-HABITAT Human Settlements Program, has embraced Global Housing Foundation as a powerful model for slum-improvement programs. Global Housing Foundation is considered an official partner to the United Nations' global housing efforts. In 2007 GHF teamed up with Merrill Lynch to create the world's first international "Micro Mortgage" program.
MISSION
 GHF's mission is, in conjunction with UN-Habitat, to bring together the resources necessary to create housing for the working poor. GHF aims to reach the 350,000,000 urban homeless slum
dwellers that are employed or have a source of income and offer them the opportunity to own a sustainable home that can be financed on a long-term basis with a GHF 'micro-mortgage'. GHF's micro-mortgage program transforms large numbers of families from slum dwellers to proud homeowners. Their new home will provide them with the safety, security, shelter from the elements, an elevated social status and the uniting of family members that they did not have previously.
CHARTER
An electronic copy of our charter is available in PDF Form: Global Housing Foundation Charter (119kb)
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