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  • Statewide, the affordable housing crisis has gotten worse over the past four years and Proposition 46 funds will run out by December 2006.
  • 88% of Angelenos cannot afford the median priced single-family home at $540,000.
  • Los Angeles has the largest homeless population in the nation - roughly 48,000 on any given night.
  • Los Angeles ranks 199th out of 199 American cities in housing affordability.
Habitat for Humanity's mission is to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness around the world.

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Global Resources and Opportunity for Women to Thrive Act (GROWTH Act), H.R. 2965 and S. 2069

In many countries, women cannot own or inherit property. This makes them more vulnerable to poverty, gender-based violence, trafficking and HIV/AIDS. Decades of research have shown that when women get more resources, they put their money in making sure their children have better housing, nutrition, education and health care. This creates a multiplier effect that strengthens families and communities over time.

Download the Petition and Vote YES for the GROWTH Act

Advocacy Ambassador

Advocacy is a priority function of Habitat for Humanity's mission to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness around the world. If you are interested in becoming an Advocacy Ambassador, please contact Veronica Garcia at vgarcia@habitatla.org or (310) 323-4663 ext. 109.

Act! Speak! Build! Week, April 16-22

Act! Speak! Build! week is a national Habitat for Humanity student initiated advocacy program that empowers young people to educate themselves and their communities and move people to social action.

Students plan and host events focused on ending poverty housing, targeting youth, community members, and others to raise the social consciousness on issues of poverty housing and to affect change in housing policy.

Participating schools will be recognized nationally and locally by Habitat for Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. They will also be eligible to win awards and prizes.

Participate in Act! Speak! Build! Week 2008