EXIT Realty Corp. International recently announced a $500,000 pledge to Habitat for Humanity. The announcement was made during the company’s annual international convention held at the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas, and brings the company’s total pledges to-date to $3.5 million.

Driven by the vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live, Habitat builds and improves homes in partnership with people in need of an affordable place to call home. Stable, affordable living conditions lead to improved health, stronger childhood development, and the ability and financial flexibility to make forward-looking choices.

EXIT Realty's support of Habitat began in 2004, with its first company-sponsored home build in West Palm Beach, Florida. Since then, the company has sponsored 18 additional home builds in Canada and the U.S., and has participated in a community revitalization project as well as Habitat’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project.

A portion of every transaction fee collected by EXIT Realty Corp. International is pledged to Habitat. In 2016, EXIT Realty announced its Habitat for Humanity: Dollar-for-Dollar Matching Program through which these funds can potentially reach every community where an EXIT office exists. EXIT associates anywhere in the U.S. and Canada can work in conjunction with their local Habitat to raise funds for a specific project or initiative and submit a proposal to EXIT Realty Corp. International for those funds to be matched dollar-for-dollar from EXIT Realty’s pledged pool of funds to Habitat. So far this year, funds have been matched in Arkansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio and South Dakota, with projects underway in Arizona, Michigan and New York.

"It is through the hard work of our real estate agents that our involvement with Habitat for Humanity is possible,” said EXIT Realty Corp. International CEO, Tami Bonnell. “When they close a real estate transaction, they not only help that family but help other families across the continent achieve their dream of home ownership too. We are so proud to partner with Habitat and applaud the fine work they do."