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Workforce Housing Locator

Construction Volunteers Needed for Summer 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.
June 14, July 12, August 9
.
Homeowners orientation:
Please arrive at 9:45 a.m.
Doors close at 10:00 a.m.
June 21, July 19, August 16

St. John's United Church
of Christ
503 N. Lombardy St.
(corner of Lombardy & Monument Ave. at Stuart Circle)



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

• 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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

Richmond Habitat’s Response to Regional Housing Needs
Current Build Plans

• Angus Road, City of Richmond (17 homes)
• T Street, City of Richmond (15 homes)
  - Mixed-use, mixed-income town homes and duplexes
  - Public/private partnership
• Kingsport Lane, Chesterfield County (7 homes)
• Springs Road, City of Richmond (12-16 homes)
• Dale Avenue, City of Richmond (40-42 homes)
• County of Henrico (12 homes)
• Wilcox Neck Road, Charles City (3 homes)
• Hopewell Road, New Kent (6 homes)
• Dale Avenue, City of Richmond (46 homes)

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 homes for Habitat homeowners.