Habitat for the Homeless ©2003

“We exchange food, clothing, and decent housing for volunteer service”

Habitat for the Homeless, a non-profit construction corporation dedicated to helping homeless people build decent housing for themselves and others.  The housing units we build are provided to other clean and sober homeless people in exchange for volunteer service in our Adopt-a-Block/Park program.

Our Mission

To train able-bodied homeless people to build housing for themselves and others. 

To design and build volunteer housing units in every neighborhood and to exchange this housing for volunteer service in their neighborhood. 

Our five-year goal in San Francisco:

To build 2,000 ShelterOne housing units and provide 2,000 able-bodied clean and sober homeless people with food, clothing, shelter, and medical care in exchange for 24 hours of weekly volunteer work in their neighborhood.

ShelterOne at San Francisco City Hall, Sept 2000

KRON - TV 4 Sept. 24, 2002  Smallest house in San Francisco

   [Story text]

NBC - TV 11 Sept. 25, 2002  Mini Houses

Matier & Ross: S.F. activist opens tiny door to homeless.

SURREAL ESTATE by Carol Lloyd for SF Gate.

SF. Chronicle Sunday Real Estate Section 10/13

Examiner 3/14/03: Cover/pg. 6  Candidate in cottage industry

by Adriel Hampton

Original ShelterOne unit on auction at e-Bay

Contact Information

Telephone

415-826-6106                                                                                                  [Our Open House]

Postal address

116 Franconia Street

           San Francisco CA 94110-5311

Electronic mail

General Information: [email protected]     

Page updated 07/03/03.                                                                                          

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