Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Habitat for Humanity: Inspired

In all honesty i did not think i was going to be able to stay awake for a guest speaker at 8:30 am. But to my surprise the man that walked through the door... for lack of a better word... was AMAZING! With the topics of the past classes and through all the readings i had become pessimistic about not only the housing crisis but also humanity. Reading about not the one but thousands of cases of fraud, and not just from one side but from all, had shocked me. having no singular entity to blame is almost unnatural. everything about what we've talked about seemed to make human greed just take over everything.The effects of housing bubble bursting have left me close to to speechless. no one seems to know what to do, attempts have rebounded or availed to nothing.  i was not expecting our guest to be a bearer of good news.

after listening to everything he had to say, i wont lie and i don't want to seem cheesy, i was given hope. seeing  someone who (at least seemed) to care about people more then his own pocket book was a relief. not only that, but to know that something is being done about the housing issue was counselling. As someone who is hoping to work in rehabilitating communities i was eager to learn about his program and might even consider working for Habitat after graduating. I;m really happy with todays class.      

2 comments:

  1. I completely agree. Even though he recognizes that there is no easy solution, or even a solution in the near future, he gave a sense of hope. For me it was inspirational to listen to how much he acutaly cared and realized that it's not easy money going into his pocket by any means. Also the fact that they allow/make/encourage the homeowners to be a partner in building their new home seems like the best solution. With their knowledge of how everything works and can be managed is essential to having them work hard on keeping up on their payments and staying on top of the necessities in life.

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  2. Habitat is an awesome program and if it makes people feel better, it's full of people like Don (thankfully!).

    Silver-linings are the best.

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