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AKA Rittenhouse Square Donates Five Floors of Luxury Furnishings to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
By Philadelphia City Biz List
AKA Rittenhouse Square announced they will be donating five floors of furnishings to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia’s Restore. AKA Rittenhouse Square, located on the corner of 18th and Walnut Streets, will be contributing kitchen cabinetry and appliances, countertops, bathroom vanities, televisions and more from 35 suites, as the thirteen-story historic landmark undergoes design renovations. The property enhancements, to be unveiled in spring, will feature a newly designed lobby, a collection of reimagined suites, exciting new amenities, and more.
Philly nonprofits team up to help older homeowners with much-needed repairs
Habitat for Humanity and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia helped repair homes
Justin Udo, KYW Newsradio
For the last 45 years, Sylvia Genoy has lived in her home in Northeast Philadelphia. During that time, she and her husband were able to keep it in tip-top shape.
“Over the years, he was a very handy man and he knew what to do, and me too. I always took pleasure in fixing and doing,” she said.
But after her husband passed away a few years ago and her physical health took an unfortunate turn, she has not been able to keep up with maintenance and repairs as she would like.
Giving back through home repairs for those in need in the Northeast
Hard at work on a Sunday morning, and not for their own benefit, but someone else’s. Someone they’ve never met, named Sharon Sibley, of Northeast Philadelphia.
Harcum College students help decorate family’s first home in North Philadelphia
by Sally Downey, for the Inquirer
After moving into her new townhouse in North Philadelphia earlier this summer, Latasha Raynor hung a “Bless Our Home” poster on the wall. She and her four children were finally home.
Family gets ‘stability, security, a place to call home,’ thanks to Conshohocken developer’s new charity
by Lini Kadaba, for the Inquirer
She prayed for something better for her two children — Jade, 3, and Cameren, 9 — than the too tight, rundown apartment in West Philadelphia of the last four years, where she says mold has taken over the closets and aggravates her son’s asthma, the roof leaks, and cockroaches run roughshod every winter.
Mother Of Three Gets Brand New Home Courtesy Of Habitat For Humanity
CBS Local reports her home was dedicated as the organizations 194th house.
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Philly’s poverty problem is also a housing security problem
Generocity columnist, Akeem Dixon talks with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia’s Kathryn Fernandez about holiday giving and housing in the nation’s poorest big city.