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$20K Worth of Tools Stolen from Rhode Island Habitat for Humanity Home

About $20,000 worth of tools has been stolen from a Habitat for Humanity home under construction in Rhode Island. The organization’s fundraising director says locks were broken on a construction trailer at the site in Exeter between last Monday evening …

Advocates Rally Behind New Federal Bill to Fix New York’s Scaffold Law

The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) today will join the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), Habitat for Humanity, MWBE contractors and other construction and business organizations to applaud Rep. John Faso for introducing the Infrastructure …

Post-Katrina Lower 9th Ward Re-Development a Long Time Coming

Judging by the current empty lots, it’s hard to imagine the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina — a bustling neighborhood where African-American residents knew their neighbors, built their homes with their own hands and shopped at …

Mississippi, Alabama Homes Recognized As Storm Fortified

The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety has recognized three South Mississippi home builders for building homes that are more disaster-resistant. IBHS also recognized three homes in south Alabama. In January, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented the …

10 Families Displaced by Indiana Tornado Get New Homes

Saturday was an emotional, yet joyful day for Danielle Guthrie, when Habitat for Humanity handed her the keys to her new house in Henryville. “When they called to approve me, I was surprised. It was amazing,” Guthrie said through tears …

Habitat Plans Building Blitz in Indiana Tornado Zone

Habitat for Humanity organizers are planning a construction blitz to build 19 new houses for southern Indiana families who lost their homes in the tornadoes that struck in March. The group hopes to recruit about 3,000 volunteers to help build …

Habitat to Build Homes for Indiana Tornado Victims

Habitat for Humanity is planning to build nine houses in Madison for southern Indiana residents displaced by tornadoes. Madison’s local planning commission recommended that the city council rezone 1.25 acres of former city property where Habitat intends to construct the …

Major League Baseball to Help Tornado Victims

Major League Baseball and a charitable foundation run by players announced they are working with Habitat for Humanity to build nine homes for the tornado-ravaged communities of Joplin, Mo., and Tuscaloosa, Ala., with more than half of the funding coming …