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/ Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Inc.
August 24, 2018
More than 100 volunteers were welcomed in to the residences of East Palo Alto homeowners earlier this month during Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco’s latest Building Blocks event. Building Blocks is all about home repairs. It is the perfect way of providing a critical mass of volunteers to undertake larger-scale repair projects that need sustained effort. It is part of Habitat’s Neighborhood Revitalization program which aims to keep residents in their homes and part of the communities they love. One house in this round of repairs was occupied by...
At Habitat for Humanity, we’re lucky to witness new beginnings in our work all the time. We celebrate a fresh start whenever we plant shovels in the earth at the Groundbreaking of a new site. We look with hope and optimism to a renewed future at every Home Dedication. We see children race through newly-built bedrooms as their parents clutch their house keys for the first time. We’re also lucky enough to celebrate completions. We honored to celebrate Russell Johnson, who recently finished paying the mortgage on his Habitat home.
From March 16th to 23rd, 2018, a team of 28 volunteers from Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco traveled from the Bay Area to Vietnam to help build two homes through the Global Village program. Before the Build Week began, the group of volunteers first flew into Hanoi to experience all the rich cultural activities, famous landmarks, and delicious food that the capital city of Vietnam offers. The next day, the volunteers headed to their final destination: Hòa Bình. Just 55 miles south of Hanoi, Hòa Bình is a...
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/ Habitat for Humanity Tuolumne County
August 7, 2018
My name is Tracy Owens and I’m a single mother of an 11 year old boy, named Cody. I am a very proud recipient of a home from Habitat for Humanity. I will never be able to express my gratitude for this priceless gift of a new, safe and beautiful home. At age 35 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I went through a double mastectomy a total hysterectomy, reconstruction and 39 sessions of radiation. As I was going through this, 3 months prior to my diagnosis, my Dad was...
Glenn Claghorn is a Vietnam Navy Veteran. He and his wife JoAnne have lived in their Fair Oaks home for nearly 40 years. JoAnne has Crohn’s disease and has had 23 surgeries. Glenn has had his share of health problems as well. Their home has been in JoAnne’s family for 5 generations, however due to their health issues and income they were concerned about possibly being displaced due to the dire repairs needed on their home. Through the support of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and the local community,...
News
/ Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Inc.
June 26, 2018
On Friday, June 22, 2018, Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco kicked off our partnership with AbbVie during its global “Week of Possibilites“! Throughout this week, AbbVie employees from around the world unite for a single purpose: to give back to local communities. To mark the start of our local partnership, Pharmacyclics, Stemcentrx, and AbbVie employees from three locations in the Bay Area came out to volunteer and help build seven playhouses that were donated to YMCA SF, Malcolm X Elementary School in the...
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/ Habitat for Humanity Sonoma County
June 18, 2018
Jasmine Palmer “…learned to be a responsible adult” later in life. “I got myself into a lot of trouble…lived like an adolescent teenager for a long time…I was an addict…” she said bluntly but with a confident acceptance of the past. “I kept getting arrested….” When her daughters were four and seven she was jailed for six months and then entered a residential rehabilitation program for another six months. Her mother took care of her girls that year. When she was released, she moved in with her mother and her...
This article by The Reflector highlights the issues surrounding America’s affordable housing stock. A bevy of government regulations on residential construction only exacerbates the homeless problem and prevents the creation of more housing.
KQED reports on the growing number of individuals that are leaving the Bay Area due to high cost of living. Out of the 200 respondents in the survey, 187 pointed out the cost of housing was a major driver in their decision to leave.
Housing in California continues to be a major issue. This article by Curbed Los Angeles, reports that nearly 40 percent of Los Angelenos struggle to make ends meet.
