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No Hard Hats Needed! Affordable housing advocates are vital

We often think of Habitat volunteers as the people out on site, building houses while wearing a hard hat and carrying a hammer. While our construction volunteers are vital, advocacy has its own branch of volunteers known as Legislative Ambassadors....

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Eleven Who Care honors Thrivent Builds supporter David Folkerds

Thrivent member David Folkerds will be honored for his generous service to Thrivent Builds and Habitat for Humanity at the 2012 Eleven Who Care...

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Women Build 2012 North Minneapolis home week 5

The news of the week was the weather - ranging from intense heat to drenching rain with thunder and lightning. On the day I visited I sat in my car...

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Homeownership out of reach for many income levels

Last week, we wrote about the affordability of rental housing and the fact that we’ve all seen property values drop in recent years, but...

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Blue Cross & Blue Shield volunteers help sheetrock St. Paul rehab

It’s week four on this home rehab project in east St. Paul. Since our last visit, volunteer crews have finished framing the windows and patched the...

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CenterPoint celebrates 20 years in style

Last week employees from CenterPoint Energy celebrated 20 years of partnering with Twin Cities Habitat by volunteering at sites in Columbia Heights...

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Join Habitat as we Ride for Home

Two thousand homes. 2,000 families in safe, stable, affordable housing because of the work of Habitat affiliates across the state of Minnesota. Come...

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Senior affordable housing crisis will continue without policy action

Baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) are reaching the age of senior status, which means there is an increasing elderly population. By...

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Women Build 2012 North Minneapolis home week 4

I arrived at the Women Build site a little early last Thursday. The volunteers were beginning to show up with big smiles and ready for work. As they...

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Habitat partner General Mills does it again!

Another great week in North Minneapolis has lead to fast productivity by our General Mills crew. Clad in yellow T-shirts and smiles the crew (mostly...

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