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...Koinonia leader Clarence Jordan started Fund for Humanity, a pool of capital that was used to buy building materials and serve as a mortgage source for people too poor to qualify for bank loans. Modest homes, built with volunteer labor and some donated materials, were sold at cost to low-income families. Their payments, plus donations and other money raised, replenished the fund, and the money was recycled to build even more homes. There were problems: raising seed money and bureaucratic snarls, but it worked. By 1976 he had visions of grandeur...
...Low-income housing is disappearing by the thousands of units every year. And increasingly, people are very interested in Habitat. In the U.S. a typical Habitat home is a no-frills, 1,000-sq.-ft., three-bedroom residence that sells for about $28,000. Habitat homeowners usually make $150 or so monthly mortgage payments -- which is sometimes less than the rent they paid for indecent housing. Fuller often reminds Habitat affiliates, "The houses we build should be a joy to the people, not a burden on their backs...
...called "indemnification" question is the last major issue that needs to be ironed out before the Chelsea School Committee can examine a finalized version of the plan. The decade-long arrangement would establish BU as the administrator of the school system, known for its high dropout rates and low test scores. After local approval, the plan would require ratification by the state legislature and the governor...
WASHINGTONIANS are normally proud of their city, eager to brag about their clean streets, beautiful monuments and low unemployment. But ask them about their local politics, and they will run and hide behind the Lincoln Memorial...
Gallup's evidence defies our low expectations. We are, perhaps, a little better than we think, though maybe not as good as we'd like. If 80 million adults are volunteering, then there may be 80 million impulses for doing so -- whether political, professional, spiritual or personal. The precise mixture is measured from needs within and needs without. In the end, the decision to volunteer usually occurs at a crossroads, where moral indignation and moral responsibility meet...