What a fantastic accomplishment. 16 newly built homes completed in 16 days with reasonable 30 year mortgages for 16 families in Virginia. Report includes video.
The foreclosure crisis that has forced thousands of families from their homes has given something good to the nation's best-known housing charity: Cheap properties for sale in communities around the country.
I was pretty excited to read this in the Washington Post Small Business blog. The guys who do the Experiential Marketing podcast that I listen to got some kudos for the charity work they're doing. Way to go Todd and John!
A Gering family received an early Christmas gift Saturday as Habitat for Humanity volunteers presented them with a new home.
Habitat has set up what it calls ReStores, where surplus building materials are sold at discount. The funds then are plowed back into Habitat for Humanity homes.
Just over a week ago, the members of Relient K and Switchfoot sat down to write a song called "Rebuild" in honor of their current tour in support of Habitat for Humanity.
With "Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains," Jonathan Demme points his camera at the tribulations of a former president.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County is looking for qualified families for 27 homes to be built in San Juan Capistrano, California over the next few years.
Albany, New York [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] You might think you were viewing a scene from the past if you had recently been in Albany, New York, to watch Habitat for Humanity and the Vermont-based company groSolar build a new solar-equipped home in only one day.
Sitting there, enjoying a welcome bit of shade and a brief moment of quiet, I started to think, Sometimes, we forget to be thankful. I took a sip of water, and looked around at the dirtied, tired men and women sitting around me near a small construction site.
Residents of a Florida development built by Habitat for Humanity say that their houses are crumbling and infested, and that the charity has been unresponsive.
Who says wishes don't come true? Call it a fairytale ending, the ultimate Christmas gift, an answered prayer, or just good karma, but something magical happened at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity (TCHFH) this past holiday season.
WHEN Dave Kelly decided to head to New Orleans from his home in Clinton, N.J., to help rebuild this sodden city, it was a choice of the heart, not the head. "My wife thought I was pretty nuts," he said.
Lynn Hartung sees more than just an empty lot with a bunch of weeds and old tires at the corner of Pike and Williams near downtown Pontiac. She sees hope and an opportunity to help others.
A co-worker of mine is spending this week in New Orleans in the Chalmette area (St. Bernard Parish), volunteering with Habitat for Humanity to aid in the clean-up effort. She has been blogging her experiences.