As the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, MO, it is disheartening to see that the budget debate in Washington largely ignores the very real impact that spending cuts will have on our communities. Take housing. In Springfield, and across the nation, far too many families– including low income seniors, people with disabilities, …
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Take Action Now – Tell Congress to Support Appropriation Bills
This week the House released three appropriations bills—Transportation-HUD, Labor-Health and Human Services, and Agriculture—that outline how much funding sub-committee Representatives would like Habitat’s priority federal programs to receive in the fiscal year 18 budget. This was Congress’ first official response to the President’s budget request, which proposed eliminating every single program that supports Habitat’s work. …
Proposed Budget Cuts are Moral Issue for Habitat for Humanity
The White House today released its full fiscal year 2018 budget request, which proposes to eliminate funding for programs that further Habitat for Humanity’s efforts to address the affordable housing crisis in the Ozarks and across the United States. Statement from Larry Peterson, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Springfield, MO: As a representative of Habitat …
