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Monday, August 17, 2009

Helping foreclosed homes, families at the same time

Habitat for Humanity does good work. To place families in homes is to build communities and to make the world a better place.

Now, in cities around the country, Habitat has turned its attention to foreclosed homes. Rather than build from scratch, Habitat refurbishes houses that have been left vacant by foreclosure. It’s a brilliant idea, again placing needy families into homes, but in the process filling empty houses and lifting the spirits (and property values) of neighborhoods.

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