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RMHFH Employment Opportunities
Employment Application
  
House For Sale


Donate to Richmond Habitat

Workforce Housing Locator
Construction Volunteers Needed for Winter Builds
All first time volunteers must attend a volunteer orientation.
Volunteer Orientation:
Please arrive at 9:15 a.m.
Doors close at 9:30 a.m.
March 8, April 12, May 10
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Homeowners orientation:
Please arrive at 9:45 a.m.
Doors close at 10:00 a.m.
March 15, April 19, May 17
St. John's United Church
of Christ
503 N. Lombardy St.
(corner of Lombardy & Monument Ave. at Stuart Circle)
Charles City Homeowner Orientation
March 29; 10:00 a.m.
Charles City Government Building Auditorium
New Kent Homeowner Orientations
March 26, 2008
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Quinton Community Center
3041 New Kent Hwy.
March 27, 2008
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Cumberland Community Center
12540 New Kent Highway
For more information, contact Anna Karnas at (804) 232-7001, ext. 111 .

2008 BUILD PARTNERS
• University of Richmond
• Community Build
• Fall Apostle Build
• Bon Air Friends
• Hokies vs Hoos Habitat
Challenge
• House of Faith
• Peace Build
• Trinity
United Methodist

• Women Build
• Women Build Auction
• Philip Morris
USA
• Capital One
• Spring Apostles Build
• Circuit City
• Brandermill Church
• Trinity United Methodist (Chestefield)
• New Kent County

Donate to Richmond Habitat through United Way’s Giving Campaign

Combined Federal Campaign Code: 52291
Combined Virginia Campaign Code: 3767
Local Government and Schools Code: 139

Richmond Habitat
In the Media :
• Read the February 20th RTD article by Bill Lohmann about the Donna Finney family and Women Build
• Read the RTD article about gifts of land to Richmond Habitat
• Read the RTD article about the Trinity United Methodist Church Habitat home build in honor of Mary Elizabeth Brooks
• Read the October 2007 Richmond Times Dispatch article, “Habitat taking a new approach to housing” by Michael Martz
• Read about the Women Build in the Sept issue of the Richmond Women’s Business Consortium
• Read the River City Record article (page 6) about how Richmond Habitat Executive Director Leisha G. LaRiviere received the 2008 Richmond STAR award for Non Profit Management at the 22nd Annual American Business Women’s Day Celebration
• Read the August 2007 Richmond Magazine article about how two Sudanese families who reconnect through Richmond Habitat
• Read the May 2007 Richmond Times Dispatch article about Williams Mullen law firm’s partnership with Richmond Habitat.
• Read the May 2007 Henrico Citizen article “Habitat Gets Schooled” about the Douglas S. Freeman High School build with Richmond Habitat
• Read about how Mayor L. Douglas Wilders wields a hammer to promote workforce housing
• Read about how Virginia’ First Lady lends a hand on “Delegates’ Better Halves Build”
• Read the December 2006 Chesterfield Village News article about homeowner Keisha Light and RMHFH's 250th home.
• Read the December 2006 Richmond Times-Dispatch article about how RMHFH builds its first Energy Star home in Charles City County.
• Read (or download) our latest Summer 2007 newsletter on line. A high speed connection is highly recommended with Summer 2007 newsletter.
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BUILDING MORE THAN HOUSES
Serving the City of Richmond and the Counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Henrico and New Kent.
Touching the lives of more than 7,350 Richmond families since 1986.
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HABITAT EVENTS
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Join…our Community Build effort
Our new 17-home Angus Road neighborhood in the City of Richmond is now under way! Come join the more than 6,800 volunteers, donors, and community sponsors on this special community build effort.
“Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.” – Woodrow Wilson
Your friendship can offer great hope and joy to a Richmond family. Here’s how you can help make a difference.
Be a friend…to a Richmond family that works hard, lives frugally, yet cannot afford to live in a safe and decent home. Help them realize the dream of homeownership. Donate online to Richmond Habitat or send your donation by mail to 2281 Dabney Road, Suite A, Richmond, VA 23230.
Groups and businesses can sponsor a full day with friends and colleagues. One week options are also available. For sponsor information, contact Van Garber, Development Director at van@richmondhabitat.org or call 232-7001, ext. 103.
Bring a friend…Invite family, friends and colleagues to volunteer with you to help build with Richmond Habitat. Build opportunities are available on weekdays and weekends.
Make a friend… and share the gift of a home with a family in need. Join in this exciting community effort and experience the joy of volunteering with old friends and new


Join us on the FIRST cooperative, collegiate build in Habitat History!
The Richmond Alumni Chapters of Virginia Tech and UVA are teaming up to raise money and volunteers
to build a house for Richmond Habitat this fall.
Donations can be made to Richmond Habitat on behalf of either University or to the build itself
Hokies vs 'Hoos Habitat Challenge.
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HABITAT NEWS

Are you a teacher, public safety employee, government worker or part of the private sector workforce and struggle to meet your monthly home mortgage or rental payment? Do you want to have input on local affordable housing issues? Are you interested in purchasing an affordable home?
Richmond Habitat recognizes that the median price of a home in the Richmond region increases approximately 50 percent every five years, yet worker salaries are not keeping up with these increases. In response to this critical gap between housing costs and income level increases, RMHFH is considering expanding services to a broader population group to help meet the affordable housing needs of our growing population. Interested in joining one of our affordable housing focus groups? Click here to read more…

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Richmond Habitat for Humanity Voted 8th Favorite Charity
by Readers
of Richmond Magazine!
Learn how we’re working to improve services to our homeowners,
volunteers, build sponsors and ReStore customers to assure we move
to the top of the list of “Charities We Love”
next year.
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Is this a Richmond Habitat house?
The single-family, single-lot homes that
have been the mainstay of Habitat design are no longer the primary
focus for housing in Greater Richmond. A refined organizational
strategy addresses both high land acquisition cost, and the critical
need for affordable and workforce housing affecting the region.
Public/private partnerships and governmental input on development
plans feature a new portfolio of RMHFH designs, including: mixed-income
and mixed-use communities, “rehabs”, and multi-family
construction. With our volunteers, families, corporate sponsors,
donors, and jurisdictions, RMHFH will build homes with families
in the City of Richmond, and the counties of Henrico, Chesterfield,
New Kent, and Charles City.

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Richmond
Habitat’s Response to Regional Housing Needs
Current Build Plans
- Chamberlayne Estates, Henrico County (6-8 homes)
- N. 22nd, N. 25th, N. 31st Streets, City of Richmond (3 homes)
- Angus Road, City of Richmond (17 homes)
- T Street, City of Richmond (12-18 homes)
- Mixed-use, mixed-income town homes and duplexes
- Public/private partnership
- Kingsport Lane, Chesterfield County (6-7 homes)
- Wilcox Neck Road, Charles City (3 homes)
- New Kent (4 homes)
Subject to zoning requirements
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Richmond
Habitat Goes Green
In addition to being licensed as a Class A-1 General Contractor,
Richmond Habitat has also received its EarthCraft Certification.
This certification will serve as a guide on all of our future
build plans and considerations, to include: low-impact building
methods, environmentally-friendly materials use, and energy-efficient
systems. EarthCraft certified homes provide healthier indoor
air quality, lower utility bills, more durability and less maintenance
as well as greater comfort for homeowners.
In December 2006, Richmond Habitat
achieved the first Energy Star rating for any Habitat affiliate
in the Commonwealth of Virginia when it built the first Energy Star
home in Charles City County. Energy Star qualified homes must meet
strict guidelines for energy efficiency set by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Making our homes more energy efficient with Energy Star helps to
improve energy efficiency and reduce high energy bills, providing
long term savings for our homeowners.
The Richmond Habitat ReStore, our
building and home improvement retail store, also helps to divert
reusable goods from our landfills by selling recycled building supplies.
All profits are channeled into building new EarthCraft certified
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