Los Angeles, CA – October 3, 2011: During a ceremony on Saturday, October 1, 2011, A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group presented Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA) with 74,000 nails. It is the largest nail donation HFH GLA has ever received and will be used to build, as well as rehabilitate, affordable and sustainable homes throughout Greater Los Angeles. A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group is a coalition of community groups, religious organizations and individuals, who rallied together to collect nails for HFH GLA in an effort to help alleviate the problem of inadequate shelter and become part of the affordable housing solution.
“A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group realizes that L.A.’s substandard housing problem is not going to solve itself,” says Erin Rank, President & CEO of HFH GLA. “Their large contribution of nails is a great example of how organizations can work together to provide a tangible solution to our city’s affordable housing crisis.”
It only takes 35,000 nails to build a Habitat for Humanity home. Through volunteer labor, as well as donations of money and materials, HFH GLA builds homes in partnership with hardworking, low-income families and individuals. Partner homeowners must fulfill a “sweat equity” requirement and be able to pay back a zero-interest mortgage. House payments are then used by HFH GLA to build, or rehabilitate, more homes. Since 1990, HFH GLA has built and renovated more than 700 homes locally and worldwide and proudly boasts a mortgage default rate of less than 1%.
Los Angeles County continues to be one of the least affordable places to live and more than half of its residents live below the poverty level. The nail donation by A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group is just one of the ways that organizations can join forces to improve the lives of hardworking families and individuals in Los Angeles.
About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA) strives to eliminate substandard housing through advocacy, education and partnership with families and individuals in need to build simple, sustainable and affordable housing. Since 1990, HFH GLA has built and renovated more than 700 homes locally and worldwide, transforming the lives of hundreds of individuals. HFH GLA is a GuideStar® Valued Partner. For more information, please visit http://www.habitatla.org or call 310-323-4663. Visit our blog at http://buildingagreaterla.blogspot.com.
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Media Contacts:
Jo-An Turman, HFH GLA
O: 424-246-3175 C: 310-749-6613
jturman@habitatla.org
Alison Mullin, Starfish PR
310-560-4049
alison@starfish-pr.com
“A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group realizes that L.A.’s substandard housing problem is not going to solve itself,” says Erin Rank, President & CEO of HFH GLA. “Their large contribution of nails is a great example of how organizations can work together to provide a tangible solution to our city’s affordable housing crisis.”
It only takes 35,000 nails to build a Habitat for Humanity home. Through volunteer labor, as well as donations of money and materials, HFH GLA builds homes in partnership with hardworking, low-income families and individuals. Partner homeowners must fulfill a “sweat equity” requirement and be able to pay back a zero-interest mortgage. House payments are then used by HFH GLA to build, or rehabilitate, more homes. Since 1990, HFH GLA has built and renovated more than 700 homes locally and worldwide and proudly boasts a mortgage default rate of less than 1%.
Los Angeles County continues to be one of the least affordable places to live and more than half of its residents live below the poverty level. The nail donation by A Compassionate Response to Homelessness and Poverty Group is just one of the ways that organizations can join forces to improve the lives of hardworking families and individuals in Los Angeles.
About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles (HFH GLA) strives to eliminate substandard housing through advocacy, education and partnership with families and individuals in need to build simple, sustainable and affordable housing. Since 1990, HFH GLA has built and renovated more than 700 homes locally and worldwide, transforming the lives of hundreds of individuals. HFH GLA is a GuideStar® Valued Partner. For more information, please visit http://www.habitatla.org or call 310-323-4663. Visit our blog at http://buildingagreaterla.blogspot.com.
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Media Contacts:
Jo-An Turman, HFH GLA
O: 424-246-3175 C: 310-749-6613
jturman@habitatla.org
Alison Mullin, Starfish PR
310-560-4049
alison@starfish-pr.com