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Subscribe to Habitat for Humanity's Newsroom E-mail List -- Habitat for Humanity Int'l 1
2006–Present Timeline: One Habitat
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One Habitat
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During the week of June 5–9, 2006, more than 1,000 professional homebuilders build more than 400 homes during Habitat for Humanity's first national Home Builders Blitz project.
Habitat for Humanity opens its new administrative headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, joining a cluster of international nonprofits that call Atlanta home.
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The 1,000th tsunami-recovery house constructed in Sri Lanka is dedicated. |
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Habitat hosts a leadership conference in Charlotte, North Carolina in celebration of 30 years of building decent, affordable shelter in partnership with families in need. |
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Women Build kicks off "First Families Building Homes Across America," an initiative that unites governors' spouses and other local and statewide leaders and women volunteers to construct Habitat homes in every U.S. state and the District of Columbia. |
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Habitat for Humanity announces that in the two years since the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, the organization has assisted nearly 10,000 families with permanent housing in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. |
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Habitat celebrates the construction of its 1,000th and 1,001st hurricane-recovery houses built along the U.S. Gulf Coast in May. |
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Habitat relocates its Europe Central Asia office from Budapest, Hungary to Bratislava, Slovakia. |
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More than 60 volunteers gather in Archbishop Desmond Tutu's name to build 12 houses in seven days as part of the first Desmond Tutu Community Build. |
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Habitat for Humanity launches an online advocacy tool on the organization's Web site to allow supporters to voice their opinions to U.S. policymakers on issues related to affordable housing. |
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Habitat's U.S. affiliates tithe more than $15.5 million, a 30 percent increase in giving from FY2006. |
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Habitat is named the 16th largest homebuilder in the United States. |
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The Youth Programs department celebrates its 20th year with a youth leadership conference in Atlanta, Georgia. |
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The 25th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project is held on the U.S. Gulf Coast. |
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Habitat celebrates the construction of its 50,000th house in Africa and the Middle East. |
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Habitat's 300,000th house is built in Naples, Florida; the 300,001st is built in Zacapa, Guatemala. Habitat's 300,000th house is built in Naples, Florida; the 300,001st is built in Zacapa, Guatemala. |
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Habitat is named the 14th largest homebuilder in the U.S. and the 14th top charitable organization. |
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