Habitat: Heart, Hammer, and Home

society, culture, documentary, business, non-profit, education · EN

A podcast documentary series about building more than walls. Across the United States, families face an urgent crisis: housing costs are rising faster than wages, leaving teachers, first responders, service workers, and retirees without stable places to live. Behind every statistic is a story — of parents choosing between rent and groceries, of kids uprooted again and again, of volunteers lifting hammers to turn hope into something real. Hosted by Mark Deal and Pat Fenner, Habitat: Heart, Hammer, and Home takes you onto build sites and into living rooms to hear firsthand from homeowners, volunteers, site leaders, and community voices. With immersive sound design, powerful storytelling, and interviews that span from local neighborhoods to international service, this series explores what happens when people come together to build not just houses, but stronger futures. From the urgency of the housing crisis to the joy of dedication day, each episode traces the arc from need to hope, sh