HousingThrough collaborations with Salvation Army's Congregational Partnership Project and Habitat for Humanity, parishioners join in making life in stable housing more smooth or making homeownership a reality for people in the city.
Over the past three years, parishioners at the Cathedral have helped raise nearly $6,000 for Salvation Army's CPP and been a part of six Habitat builds in Grand Rapids. |
Congregational Partnership Project (CPP)• The Congregational Partnership Project (CPP) at Salvation Army brings relationship to the center of housing. By walking with a family who is moving into or moving out of housing, our parishioners are being the helping hand to clean up, grab a cup of coffee, or meet to hang out with individuals working through a stage of transition.
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Habitat for HumanityWith Habitat for Humanity, parishioners have the opportunity to put some hard labor into building a new or renovated home for future homeowners. Habitat for Humanity focuses on building simple, decent, and affordable homes, and parishioners now can join in that effort.
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VolunteerTo inquire about being involved in Housing issues or to find the next volunteer opportunity, email Eli at [email protected]
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Recent Housing NewsFrom Mlive.com:
New housing is being built for low and moderate income families and well-to-do young professionals. But average wage-earners are being squeezed out of older neighborhoods that were once the affordable bedrock of city life. Gustavo Rotandaro, a demographer with Metrica Inc., says the median gross rent in the city has gone from $727 a month to $830 a month in the past four years – a 14 percent increase. Meanwhile, 52 percent of the city's renters are paying more than 30 percent of their income toward rent. Read more HERE |