Ten Months After Earthquake: Fuller Center Answers the Call With Permanent Housing in Haiti
AMERICUS, Ga., Nov. 12, 2010 — The Fuller Center for Housing just completed its 10th home in Haiti in response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that devastated the country 10 months ago on Jan. 12.
“We’ve built six homes in Leogane and four in Saint Ard,” said Fuller Center Presi…
Habitat Co-Founder Joins Hundreds to Honor its Most Famous Volunteers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2010 — This week, Oct. 4-9, marks the 27th Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project. Linda Fuller, co-founder of Habitat for Humanity, is joining the Carters and hundreds of others in Washington, D.C. as part of a special “Thanks a Million” dinner in honor of the Cart…
Volunteers wrap up weeklong Fuller Center build on National Day of Service and Remembrance
ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 2010 — On Sept. 11 thousands of volunteers are wrapping up a week of building, repairing or dedicating more than 100 homes for those in need as part of the worldwide Millard Fuller Legacy Bu…
Report Finds Nation Has Yet to Address Key Failures Exposed by Katrina
Study Identifies Key Tasks Ahead for Gulf Coast Recovery; Community Leadership Key to Success
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 31, 2010 — According to a new report by the non-profit Institute for Southern Studies, many of the problems exposed in the botched federal response to Katrina — from breakdowns…
42-Year-Old Manuscript ‘Rediscovered’ and Published for the First Time
AMERICUS, Ga., Aug. 31, 2010 — A new book chronicles the early life of the late Millard Fuller – founder of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing – a self-made millionaire by age 29 who gave away everything in order to save his marriage and seek a new direction.
The book, &…
John Corcoran Joins taxadvantagegroup as Vice President
GREENVILLE, S.C., Feb. 2, 2010 – taxadvantagegroup (tag) llc is pleased to announce that John P. Corcoran has joined the firm as a vice president in the firm’s tax credit financing practice. Corcoran, former vice president of real estate development and operations for Mercy Housing, Inc,…
ApartmentSmart.com and NAHMA Launch Affordable Housing Advocacy Mapping Web Application
SALISBURY, Md., Dec. 7, 2009 — ApartmentSmart.com (http://www.apartmentsmart.com), the nation’s largest online affordable rental housing directory, announced today a partnership with the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA), highlighted by the launch of…
