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Linda Thomas sat in the tastefully furnished living room of a tidy, paid-for Habitat for Humanity-built house -- her family's home for nearly two decades -- and said critics of Evansville Habitat are missing the point.
A murmur against Habitat -- a 29-year-old nonprofit, ecumenical Christian mission aimed at leveraging volunteer help and sweat equity to allow working poor families to own affordable homes -- has turned into a roar. The agency's vocal critics, including Center City neighborhood association figures and a few City Council members, say its home designs are incompatible with existing building styles of older neighborhoods.See the full content of this document
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Habitat Debate Misguided, Woman Says
A long-standing contention by some Central City residents -- City Councilman Keith Jarboe has been the most articulate among them -- contends the typical "boxy," single-story Habita...
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