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Sarasota, FL (LifeNews.com) -- After an avalanche of phone calls and emails from pro-life advocates locally and across the country, Habitat for Humanity in Sarasota, Florida has disassociated itself with a proposed Planned Parenthood abortion center. The local Habitat board voted Tuesday night to disengage from the project. Habitat had come under fire from pro-life advocates for helping a Florida-based Planned Parenthood overcome a hurdle to building a new abortion business.

Sarasota, FL (LifeNews.com) -- A local Habitat for Humanity chapter accused of helping a Florida-based Planned Parenthood overcome a hurdle to building a new abortion business is still considering its decision.

Sarasota, FL (LifeNews.com) -- The Christian non-profit housing ministry Habitat for Humanity stands accused of helping a Florida-based Planned Parenthood overcome a hurdle to building a new abortion business. A pro-life advocate says Planned Parenthood would have been stymied in building the new center without the group's help. Planned Parenthood has been looking to build a new abortion facility in the Rosemary District north of downtown Sarasota. However, according to local zoning rules, the abortion business can't build the new center unless a multi-family housing unit is built on the back of the lot. According to Jim Sedlak of STOPP...

Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were in New Orleans Wednesday doing their part to help rebuild the Gulf Coast. Video: Watch the Story Carter was among dozens of volunteers helping Habitat for Humanity rebuild a home in the Upper Ninth Ward. Carter and his wife were in the area last May when the 100th home was built – now they are back to celebrate another milestone: the 25th anniversary of the Carter Work Project.

Immigrants must prove they're here legally and have the right to work in the United States before they receive low-cost homes through Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, the nonprofit organization has decided. The organization's board of directors voted to adopt the rules this month, executive director Dwayne Spencer said Tuesday. The decision wasn't based on concern about community reaction, he said. "I think after simply delving into the subject matter ourselves, we realized it was the most responsible thing to do," he said. The action ends uncertainty over Habitat's approach to the area's growing Hispanic population. Spencer said Habitat...

In this tumultuous campaign season, she's always been the inconspicuous presence at her husband's side, standing just behind him, quietly offering support. But anybody who thinks Janet Huckabee is background material, hasn't heard of her high-profile daredevil days as Arkansas' first lady. In those days, Mrs. Huckabee, or Mrs. H -as she's known- could be seen jumping out of planes, playing paintball, paddling in a cardboard canoe and brandishing a rifle (yes, she hunts -- turkey usually, but she's also trapped bears). "Jumping out of the airplane was not something I was afraid to do... The bears were asleep. That's...

TIBURON, Calif. -- Some residents of this upscale San Francisco suburb plan to fight a proposed Habitat for Humanity housing development over concerns that the project would decrease property values and increase traffic. The international nonprofit partnered with the owner of a 16.5-acre tract in the town's Eagle Rock neighborhood to build four single-family homes for low-income families, but neighbors fear negative effects on the community. "Habitat for Humanity is to bring the neighborhood up, not to bring the neighborhood down," said Bill Roberts, a 40-year Eagle Rock resident. Roberts said he and dozens of other neighbors are raising money...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Singer Harry Connick Jr. and saxophone player Branford Marsalis are working with Habitat for Humanity to create a "village" for New Orleans musicians who lost their homes to Hurricane Katrina and its floods. More than $2 million has been raised for the project dreamed up by Connick and Marsalis — a neighborhood built around a music center where musicians can teach and perform, said Jim Pate, executive director of New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ousted Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller says he and the group's current leaders have disagreed about how much Habitat should embrace its Christian heritage. The Alabama native says he's pleased that Habitat is getting news coverage for building homes for Gulf Coast hurricane victims, but is troubled that most reports seem to depict it as a secular organization. At a ceremony in Washington, where he and his wife were honored for their volunteer efforts, Fuller said, "We get our motivation from the Bible." He added, "In my opinion, you need to be faithful to who you...

BELLE CHASSE, La. Oct 11, 2005 — President Bush said a lot of work remains to be done to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Katrina, as he visited the hurricane recovery zone Tuesday and hammered nails into a home being built for displaced residents. [photo caption]Wearing a hard hat, President Bush visits workers at a Habitat for Humanity building project being taped for a morning televsion show, in Covington, La., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005.

ATLANTA - Former President Jimmy Carter said he opposes a proposal by Habitat for Humanity International to move its headquarters out of Americus. Habitat for Humanity is considering relocating its headquarters, saying Americus, 116 miles south of Atlanta, is too far from a major airport and that executives might balk at living in a small town. But Carter, the group's most prominent volunteer, has asked to address Habitat's board before it makes a decision to move. "I would look on such a decision as a violation of mutual commitments made over the years, with a damaging effect on Habitat's reputation...

AN ORGANIZATION THAT NORMALLY WELCOMES press coverage of its bustling worksites and sweating volunteers, Habitat for Humanity has spent recent months in the awkward role of media target. News reports have tracked every move in a seedy executive-suite scandal that led to the January firing of the 29-year-old nonprofit's founder and president Millard Fuller over accusations of sexual harassment. It wasn't the first time Fuller's hand had been slapped. When charges of unwelcome kissing and groping of female employees reached the organization's board in the early '90s, the evangelically-aligned group's most prominent supporter, former president Jimmy Carter, intervened on behalf...

~~~~Her modest mortgage isn’t the problem; it’s rising property taxes that keep her up nights. Her little house in Alexandria, Va., has more than doubled in value since it was built in 1999 and is now worth a half-million dollars, forcing her monthly house payment, which includes real estate taxes, up from $515 to $954 in the past 18 months — chiefly because of higher taxes.~~~~

Habitat for Humanity Founder May Start Group to Support Charity That Fired HimBy Louise Chu Associated Press Writer Published: Feb 17, 2005 ATLANTA (AP) - Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller said Thursday he might start a new group in support of the home-building ministry that fired him as its president. As negotiations continued over his future role with Habitat, Fuller said he won't let last month's firing deter him from doing "what I feel is my life's work." "If we don't reconcile, I'm going to form an organization, not to work in competition with Habitat for Humanity but to...

Habitat founder, wife dismissed By MARK BIXLER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 02/01/05 The man who built Habitat for Humanity International from a idealistic dream born in rural Georgia into one of the world's best-known nonprofit organizations was fired Monday afternoon. Millard Fuller, Habitat's founder and president, was dismissed with his wife, Linda, who was listed as co-founder. The firing capped months of tension between the visionary behind the Americus-based organization and members of Habitat's board of directors who bristled at Fuller's public comments. "I devoted 29 years of my life to this — morning, noon and night," Fuller said....

I am a FR lurker from the NGO-sphere and in the spirit of compasionate conservatism, I have been distressed that many are cesspools of communist indoctrination rather than tools of individual uplift and hope. I have read many threads by FReepers about the job situation and I have found a situation in the NGO-sphere where there are jobs to be had, we can counter those who try to influence the minds of the needy and eventually diminsh the need for government social services. For example: Right now at Habitat for Humanity, there are more than 50 different positions currently available...

AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) -- In a characteristic act of frugality, Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller hitched a ride to the Atlanta airport with a female staff member to save the organization a $75 shuttle ride. That ride ended up costing him -- and Habitat -- a great deal more. Allegations of "inappropriate conduct" during that drive last year led to Fuller's temporary banishment from the headquarters of the Christian home-building organization he and his wife, Linda, founded 28 years ago. Fuller says the board of directors was on the verge of firing him before he asked former President Jimmy...

For both the Wassel family and the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, the rehabilitated home at 925 Maple St. should have been the American dream. Instead, William and Shelley Wassel say the modest, three-bedroom home in South Scranton became a toxic-mold nightmare they and their three children are still trying to recover from seven years later. Habitat for Humanity of Lackawanna County views it much the same way, for very different reasons. The nonprofit group, whose mission is to help low-income families achieve homeownership, says it did everything possible to help the Wassels: It made significant repairs to the...

BENTON HARBOR -- Former President Jimmy Carter told a cheering crowd in downtown Benton Harbor the city can change its image, which was marred by fiery riots last summer. "When I come back next year, I would like to see every lot cleared of trash and gardens planted," the Noble Peace Prize winner said of his planned visit to Benton Harbor in June 2005 for Habitat for Humanity. "This could be a beautiful town. "How much does it cost to pick up trash? How much does it cost to clean up a vacant part of a lot and pick up...

Guam Sailors Volunteer to Build Home Story Number: NNS040301-04 Release Date: 3/1/2004 9:29:00 AM By Coleen R. San Nicolas-Perez, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas Public Affairs SANTA RITA, Guam (NNS) -- Sailors from several commands, including USS Frank Cable (AS 40) and Naval Hospital Guam, volunteered their time to help the Habitat for Humanity of Guam construct a home in the village of Inarajan Feb. 21. Habitat for Humanity assists families in constructing houses that are eventually purchased with interest-free loans. For many of the Navy volunteers, the project provided an opportunity to give back to the local community. “I wanted...

Guy and Leslie Camara had high hopes when they moved to their new Habitat for Humanity home in Barrington Gardens five years ago.They envisioned a place where their children could romp in their own yard, with a mortgage they could afford on Guy's income as an independent video and film producer.Instead, Guy Camara says, "It's almost like we got a first-class ticket to a ghetto."Seven years after Habitat officials launched the only sizable Indiana subdivision made up exclusively of Habitat homes, Barrington Gardens is an experiment some residents say is struggling. Four of the original 47 families have moved out...

A family's second chance By Andrew M. Seder 12/17/2003 Charles and Barbara Smith and 14 of their 18 children are moving back into their North Scranton home today, just in time for the holidays. The Smith family was forced to leave the house after the city condemned it July 29 -- the first known Habitat for Humanity home in the country to be condemned. On Tuesday, a team of city inspectors went through the house at 2517 N. Main Ave. and removed the "unfit for human habitation" label. Mr. Smith says he regrets what happened because of "my neglect...

A North Scranton family with 18 children is determined to keep their Habitat for Humanity home, which was declared unfit for human habitation last month. The city condemned the 2517 N. Main Ave. home of Charles and Barbara Smith on July 29 for debris outside and inside the house, and because the Scranton Sewer Authority shut off the water on July 24, said Bill Fiorini, director of permits, inspections and licensing. Mr. Smith, who said the city should have let his family stay in the house while they correct the violations, said they have until October to fix the problems...

The Habitat for Humanity, an organization affiliated with former president Jimmy Carter that affords and promotes low-cost housing, has decided that it would be a great idea to construct a theme park at their world headquarters in Americus, Georgia. The proposed theme park would have its visitors travel through a depiction of the world’s worst slums from Asia and Africa to Central America and the United States. Then it will deliver the visitor to such attractions as the “brick laying exhibit” and the “nail pounding display.” This is a concept that I am sure will leave the Disney Corporation shaking...

<p>ITHACA -- Ralph Nader, former Green Party presidential candidate, said in a speech Monday night at Ithaca College that corporations are ravaging the environment while the government does little to stop them.</p> <p>Nader spoke to a crowd of 2,000 people packed into the college's Ben Light Gymnasium as part of the 32nd annual Earth Day celebrations.</p>