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Support a National Housing Trust Fund

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Habitat for Humanity
In parts of the country, local housing trust funds have helped revitalize communities and lift people out of poverty. Still, millions of Americans live in dilapidated and inadequate housing.

But locally appropriate housing solutions can be realized through a national housing trust fund that would help stimulate the economy, create more jobs and enable organizations like Habitat for Humanity to build more homes with families in need.

Act now and tell your Senators that our country needs a National Housing Trust Fund!
deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000
 

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Dear Senator,

The affordable housing crisis in America is reaching a dangerous tipping point. It shouldn't be so difficult for working families to find a decent place to live without jeopardizing their economic security.

The housing crisis is one of quality as well as quantity - millions of Americans have no choice but to stay in dilapidated and inadequate housing. And children account for one out of every three people living in severely substandard housing, where they are more likely to suffer from asthma or lead poisoning, which can lead to learning disorders, reading difficulties and more.
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9:58 pm PDT, Aug 9, Charles Zeitler, Missouri
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3:10 pm PDT, Aug 9, Pam Brown, MFT, California
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10:44 am PDT, Aug 9, Tina Evett, Alabama
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10:37 am PDT, Aug 9, Steven Tobin, Pennsylvania
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9:06 am PDT, Aug 9, Name not displayed, Nevada
Please Send this to your Board. Per your Articles We request your board vote on becoming a CORPORATE SPONSOR. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP NEEDED According to Diane Korman, Senior Producer for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the choice of sponsor's, builders, and Volunteers' was easy, “We look for Builders who are leaders in their community and understand how important it is to give back. Sponsor's and Providers for the Home Building & Design have to waive their fees, are working for free and will gather hundreds of trade partners, subs and volunteers to come together to build a house in one week. It is nothing short of a miracle.” We are asking you to become a part of this project. It will be done in the Rain Shadow area of Washington state, Sequim Area. If we can put this all together 2 home makeover in Las Vegas for families in need. Do you want to help? primalprotect@aol.com sign the petition. Hi, I just signed the petition "Feller Family In Need Of Help". I'm asking you to sign this petition to help us reach our goal of 50,000 signatures. I care deeply about this cause, and I hope you will support our efforts. Go into search box and enter Feller Family http://www.thepetitionsite.com/health A family (The Feller's) have been nominated and are competing to be selected to participate in a Home Make over TV show. They are an amazing family that have faced many of life's difficulties and come out with a strong family support group. Filled with love and charity. They have faced Cancer and won and faced it again only to lose loved ones. They face many odds and never give up hope or helping others. In a very short period of time they have had to deal with a son a decorated Veteran fighting cancer, They lost there Dad to cancer and there mother (brain Tumor) and grandmother (dementia and heart troubles ,bedridden and on hospice) are extremely sick and require 24 hr care. They are trying to make it work out but illness, lack of space for the family, Kids, Grand Kids, and Great Kids and running/supporting 2 homes, and family members always in constant flux. One home sitting empty unless nieces and there kids stay and/or His girlfriend and her two little girls.They are cramped, separated, in need of ground floor rooms (handicap access) not suitable amenities for there medical and personal needs. We are trying to fix that and gather support for them. A small news report or article has been a big help for them be selected to be helped by you (We hope). This family has supported, volunteered, and enjoyed helping out many charities. From Exotic Animal Sanctuary's to improving Non-profits and businesses desires to help communities. In 1989 they started to help anyway that they could and would spend hours after work at home calling, researching and gather volunteer's for whatever project or program they are offering their time and help too. In 1999 the city told them they couldn't do charity work out of the home or any type of business without a business license. So Primal Protection was created as a business that in over 10 years has never made a penny and kept running supporting causes on there drive to help others anyway that they can. This is an amazing Family that needs our support and our charity to keep on going. Below are more in-depth letters of support and nominations that further explain why "YOU" need to help them. I hope there is something within your heart that touches you about there current history of tragedy and loss and there need to stay together to survive. These reality TV and cable Make over programs have done little to no a projects or programs in WA. I ask that you join us in getting this family's story out to the public and help gather support and hopefully the power to get this family back into the game of life. I know with the right help and support from the public through your help , they will be accepted, they would allow and want there old homes to go to other families in need. They are more than willing to almost whatever you ask, Help get sponsor's, etc. They hope you can find some way to make it for them. If they sold for a huge loss the could only afford land where the need and want to be, maybe something else could be worked out. The skies are open and endless with ways to make this work and WE let it in your hands to find a way. Those kinds of details can be arranged only with Public Knowledge of their plight and all of our supporting in getting them to be selected. Please help get this out to the public and let's help this family that is always trying to support people in charity issues facing many people today. Thank You The Support staff for the Feller Family You can help by Signing the petition Simple Go to the link below http://www.thepetitionsite.com/health in the search box enter Feller Family.
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1:43 am PDT, Aug 9, Ava Castillo, Kentucky
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12:33 am PDT, Aug 9, Jeffery S Hendricks Sr, Kansas
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10:21 pm PDT, Aug 8, Bruce Nayowith, Massachusetts
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9:01 pm PDT, Aug 8, Wilma Riley, Arkansas
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7:22 pm PDT, Aug 8, Ann Turk, Florida
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5:31 pm PDT, Aug 8, Maggie Duncan, Arizona
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3:57 pm PDT, Aug 8, Keith Anderson, New York
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1:38 pm PDT, Aug 8, Jessica Arroyo, California
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2:05 am PDT, Aug 8, CD Scranton, New Jersey
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4:49 pm PDT, Aug 7, Lori Forman, Massachusetts
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4:23 pm PDT, Aug 7, Nilay Sheth, Maryland
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2:14 pm PDT, Aug 7, Emily McCoy, Iowa
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1:56 pm PDT, Aug 7, Stacey Miller, Missouri
We can not continue to put Americans lives and well-being at jeopardy. We NEED this to pass in order to help our fellow man, and possibly even ourself. People in record numbers are lossing their homes, their security, their pride. Instead of POURING money into other countries, it's time to invest back into AMERICA.
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1:37 pm PDT, Aug 7, M. Mathewson, Nevada
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1:21 pm PDT, Aug 7, Marlin Johnson, South Carolina
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8:12 am PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, South Dakota
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5:10 am PDT, Aug 7, Robert Jackson, Indiana
This ius a much needed step to secure homeownership for all who need and can afford it.
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10:15 pm PDT, Aug 6, Stacy Samson, Oklahoma
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8:59 pm PDT, Aug 6, Jeff Vollendorf, Illinois
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7:42 pm PDT, Aug 6, Alice Mulberry, Illinois
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2:21 pm PDT, Aug 6, Shannon Fouts, Washington
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10:58 am PDT, Aug 6, Heather Berk, California
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10:38 am PDT, Aug 6, Heather Mook, Texas
This would be great for people who can't afford to buy a home who need one.
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10:28 am PDT, Aug 6, Lori Herrington, California
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9:51 am PDT, Aug 6, Amanda Walsh, Colorado
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9:43 am PDT, Aug 6, Pam Roche, Florida
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9:27 am PDT, Aug 6, Victoria Cohen-Crumpton, Tennessee
I have helped Habitat build houses, and helped friends find a place to live. I have helped feed the homeless - people that have jobs and have interests like you and me. No American who makes the effort should be homeless, and a Trust Fund will help enormously.
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8:36 am PDT, Aug 6, Donna Wickerd, Arizona
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7:18 am PDT, Aug 6, Johanna Coletta, Ohio
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