HOUSING

COUNCIL FOCUS:

In March 2002, the North Carolina Council of Churches and the Central Atlantic Region of Habitat for Humanity International entered into a partnership agreement. It was the first such state-level partnership in the country.

In September of that year, Habitat and the Council introduced FaithWorks, a multi-year effort to address rural housing needs in North Carolina by building 100 homes. In asddition to homebuilding, FaithWorks includes an emphasis on education and advocacy.

RESOURCES:

"A Place To Lay Their Heads": A biblically based curriculum on inadequate housing in rural North Carolina.

Teacher's Edition
Student Edition

Unit in Acts of Faith: Resources for Prophetic Worship (worship aids, scripture commentary, prayers, litanies, hymn suggestions, and issue-based statistics and facts).

"Nowhere To Lay His Head: Affordable Housing For All"

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WHY PEOPLE OF FATIH SHOULD CARE:

People who are poor, who lack adequate housing, are often not very influential in our democracy. So the task of people of faith who do have influence is two-fold: first, to use that influence on issues which will benefit the poor, and second, to help empower those who lack influence better to speak out for themselves.

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