Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Inc. was established as an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International in 1981. Pensacola Habitat is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian organization committed to the elimination of poverty housing in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties through the construction of decent, affordable homes using volunteer labor, as well as donated land, materials, and funds. Pensacola Habitat's volunteer teams unite young and old, black and white, skilled and non-skilled, military and civilian, wealthy and needy in community-building.

Affiliate Experience and Volunteer Base
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity uses over 8,000 volunteers each year.  Annually, Pensacola Habitat partners with local churches of all denominations, local businesses, professional clubs and associations and various civic organizations.  Pensacola Habitat maintains a valuable partnership with George Stone Vocational School and Pensacola Junior College Construction Workforce Program. The schools use Pensacola Habitat work sites as "classrooms" for teaching students various trades, and in return the affiliate is able to construct homes with free and skilled labor.  The affiliate maintains a prison partnership with our local Sheriff’s department’s Pathway for Change program.  Pensacola Habitat has been recognized on the state and national levels for the ongoing partnership with Corry Station Boys Base program for incarcerated youth.  Every year Pensacola Habitat for Humanity hosts mission groups of high school and college students.  These groups come to Pensacola on their school vacations and help construct Habitat homes.  These groups return to Pensacola Habitat year after year because of the positive volunteer experience they have with the affiliate.

Blitz Build Highlights
• 1992 - Personnel USS Forrestal (U.S. Navy aircraft carrier)  and a local builder partner with Pensacola Habitat to dry-in five Habitat homes in one week using over 100 volunteers.
• 1993 - Pensacola Habitat and a local builder construct three homes in 11 hours 32 minutes 18 seconds and using over 500 volunteers.  Homes were completely finished and family moved immediately.
• 1996 - Site host for Habitat for Humanity International 50,000th house and blitz build of five Habitat homes in one day.  In partnership with a local builder and hundreds of volunteers, the 50,000th and five additional homes were constructed in one day from start to finish including landscaping; the family moved into the home at the same day.
• 1996 - (the day after the 50,000th and 5 home blitz build) Home Shopping Network live broadcast of 24 hour blitz build of one home.  Homes were completely finished and family moved in the same day.
• 1999 - Pensacola Habitat set a Habitat world record constructing a home in 5 hours 57 minutes 13 seconds.
• 2004 - Two Lowe’s Women Build homes constructed from start to finish in 24 hours.  The build was a large media event including national media and live broadcast.
• 2006 - Six homes dried-in in four days using over 600 student-athletes.  Event included on-site builds as well as a demonstration build of three homes.
•2008 - Partnering with Lowe's Pensacola Habitat dried-in two homes in ten days using local Lowe's employees, military and other local volunteers.