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Special Report - Financial Planning & Charitable Giving - March 12, 2010
Efforts to add affordable housing get creative
Habitat for Humanity plans 116 units in Deer Park as urban lots move out of reach

By Jeanne Gustafson
Of the Journal of Business

Michone Preston says Habitat for Humanity has begun to build more multifamily homes, like this development on the North Side, to help keep home ownership affordable for its clients.
Michone Preston says Habitat for Humanity has begun to build more multifamily homes, like this development on the North Side, to help keep home ownership affordable for its clients.
—Staff photo by Jeanne Gustafson
Habitat for Humanity-Spokane has had to get creative to continue pursuing its mission of providing affordable housing to low-income families here, as the poor economy has dampened donations, some of its homeowners have struggled to make mortgage payments, and affordable building sites have become more scarce.

The longtime nonprofit completed just nine homes in Spokane County last year, compared with its average of 16 homes a year, says Executive Director Michone Preston. That, Prest...


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