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Saturday, October 27, 2007: Haboot Fall Festival at the Restore - Part 1 | Part 2. Fox5 News
Wednesday, October 3, 2007: Habitat Homeowner Spreads the Word. Connection Newspapers
Thursday, October 4, 2007: Habitat For Humanity Store Combines Retail, Philanthropy. NBC4
Thursday, September 6, 2007: Condominium Project Lets Families Construct Their Futures. The Washington Post
Tuesday, August 21, 2007: ‘ReStoring’ Leftovers to Life. Connection Newspapers
Friday, July 27, 2007: Volunteers man the hammers for Habitat. Alexandria Times
Friday, March 16, 2007: Charm and hammer [PDFs: Cover | Article]. Washington Business Journal
Friday, March 9, 2007: Hábitat para la Humanidad construye casas para familias necesitadas. Washington Hispanic
February 28, 2007: Habitat Families Build Stability. Habitat for Humanity provides homes for 12 families at new condominium project in Fairfax. By Lauren Glendenning, The Connection Newspapers
February 22, 2007: Doors, Floors and the Kitchen Sink. Habitat for Humanity ReStores recycles appliances, home goods to benefit home construction projects. By Amber Healy, The Connections Newspapers
October 28, 2006: Group Builds Condos For Low-Income Buyers, Fox 5 News
June 1, 2006: Welcome Home: Hurricane Season Can't Stop the Progress Made in East Biloxi, by Anita Lee, The Sun Herald
February 16, 2006: High Cost of Land Limits N.Va. Housing Group to Condos, by Bill Turque, The Washington Post.
February 9, 2006: Housing Organizations to Construct Condo, The Washington Post.
February 5, 2006: By the Thousands, Faithful Toil to Resurrect Gulf Cities, by Jacqueline L. Salmon, The Washington Post. See PHOTOS
December 21, 2005: Generosity Inc. An article recognizing corporations for extraordinary acts of charity, by Steve Pearlstein, The Washington Post
December 14, 2005: Habitat for Humanity, Split on Mission, Builds $800,000 Condos, by Peter Robison, Bloomberg.com
November 27, 2005: UPDATE: Relief from Tax Strain for N.Va. Habitat Homeowners, by Annie Gowen, The Washington Post
November 11, 2005: Feeling Good by Doing Good. An ABC News Original Report that featured Dr. Richard Semmler as one of three philantropers that "enjoy their fortunes by giving them away"
April 21, 2005: Good Deals, Good Deeds: Habitat for Humanity's Win-Win Idea, by Annie Groer, The Washington Post
February 16, 2005: Struggling with Skyrocketing Property Taxes, by Bruce Leshan, W*USA 9 News
Some Northern Virginia communities have seen booming home prices push tax assessments up by double digits each of the last three years. So imagine how tough it is for someone who had to work two jobs just to afford their house in the first place.
February 14, 2005: Burned by the Boom in N.Va. Real Estate, by Annie Gowen, The Washington Post
February 14, 2005: Soaring Property Taxes Overwhelm Habitat for Humanity Homeowners, By Leslie Cook, ABC-News 7.
Rising property values are about to price Kesha James out of the Habitat for Humanity house she helped build. Her house payment has nearly doubled - from $515.00 to $954.00 over the past 18 months. Most of that increase is from rising property taxes.
January 13, 2005: Helping Others in Need Continues Dr. King's Work, by Lisa Rauschart, The Washington Times
October 28, 2004: Habitat ReStore Opens on Route 1, by Gale Curcio, Mount Vernon Gazette
September 21, 2004: Sweet Sound of Music; Two choirs raise more than $6,000 for Habitat, by Beverly Crawford, Times Community Newspapers
