Habitat Extra from Habitat for Humanity International

 

	October 2007 News 24th Annual JCWP Begins The 2007 Jimmy Carter Work Project begins Oct. 28 in Los Angeles, Calif. Thousands of volunteers from around the world will gather to build 30 new homes in South Central L.A. and repair 70 existing homes in neighborhoods surrounding the new construction sites. The Families of JCWP 1995 Twelve years ago, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter traveled to Los Angeles for the 12th annual Jimmy Carter Work Project. During the weeklong Habitat build, President and Mrs. Carter and volunteers built some 30 houses in the Los Angeles area. Twenty-one of those homes were built in a neighborhood in Watts. Thrivent Builds 500th House Last week, Habitat for Humanity and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans celebrated a milestone--the 500th house built through the groundbreaking partnership, Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County in Pontiac, Mich., led construction of the first, the 500th and the 501st homes of this impressive alliance. Get Involved with Habitat Give Women the Right to Own Their Home At home one day. Homeless the next. This scenario is all too common for women in developing countries where they don't have the legal right to own their family homes. The GROWTH Act in Congress would help fix this problem by strengthening property rights for women living in poverty worldwide. If you haven't already, send a note to your members of Congress. Habitat Success Story Coming Full Circle Sylvia Bautista, a Habitat homeowner since 2000, works on the staff of Greater Los Angeles Habitat for Humanity to help other families achieve homeownership, too.	Q&A: Nic Retsinas Outgoing International Board chair Nic Retsinas takes questions on the unique challenges and rewards that go with the job. Send your questions to QAndA@habitat.org. Housing Statistic 37,300,000: The number of U.S. households with housing cost burdens1 Subscribe Was this e-mail forwarded to you by a friend? Sign up for Habitat Extra via our Web site. Learn about Habitat - Local affiliates - Read our site index Partner with Habitat - Donate online - Job opportunities - Volunteer programs - Be an advocate
1 2005, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University To contact us: Habitat for Humanity International 121 Habitat Street Americus, GA 31709-3498 ©2007 Habitat for Humanity® International. All rights reserved.

News from Mayor Adrian M. Fenty

 

In this Issue   Agreement Reached on Fire Hydrant Maintenance   Mayor Appoints Schools Ombudsman; Announces Town Hall   Meters for the District   DC Village Gives Way to Enhanced Homeless Services   'The Yards' Breaks Ground on Anacostia Waterfront   Mayor Addresses National Press Club on Education Agreement Reached on Fire Hydrant Maintenance The District Government and DC Water and Sewer Authority have signed an agreement to improve maintenance and standards for fire hydrants. The agreement outlines the financial and physical responsibilities of each agency, removing confusion from the process of maintaining more than 9,000 public fire hydrants. Read more. Mayor Appoints Schools Ombudsman; Announces Town Hall Mayor Fenty has named Tonya Vidal Kinlow as the first Ombudsman for Public Education in the District of Columbia. The Ombudsman will serve as a single point of contact for parents, teachers and students with concerns about public and public charter schools—from kindergarten to the University of the District of Columbia. The Mayor and the DC Public Schools are hosting a town hall meeting Nov. 3 for young people to speak out about their schools. Read more. Meters for the District Mayor Fenty has announced that the District will switch to time-and-distance meters in taxicabs. The meters will replace the current zone system, which has been in place for more than 70 years and is the only one of its kind in a major American city. Read more. DC Village Gives Way to Enhanced Homeless Services The Fenty Administration has closed DC Village, one of the District's emergency shelters. More than 106 families from the shelter system have been placed in scattered site apartments throughout the city. This "housing first" approach is a national best practice in the delivery of services to people who are homeless. Read more. 'The Yards' Breaks Ground on Anacostia Waterfront Mayor Fenty, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and others broke ground this month on The Yards, a $1.5-billion mixed-use development near the new Nationals baseball stadium. The Yards is scheduled to open in 2010. Read more. Mayor Addresses National Press Club on Education Mayor Fenty delivered a speech at the National Press Club entitled "Mayoral Accountability in Education," outlining his plans for the future of the DC Public Schools. C-SPAN carried the address live. Read more. ©2007 Government of the District of Columbia Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe | Archive | Tell a Friend | Contact Mayor Fenty You are receiving this email because either you are a subscriber to the DC Mayor's Newsletter, or you have had prior communications with the DC government through the city's website. If you would like to register with the DC.Gov website or sign-up for other DC publications, please visit our DC Docs subscription service. If you would like to have your email address removed from this list, please follow the "Unsubscribe" link provided in the newsletter above. Sent through GovDelivery by the District of Columbia Government · John A. Wilson Building · 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW · Washington DC 20004 · 202-727-1000

Republicans Asleep at the Wheel

 

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