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Whether you are an individual, family, school group, youth club, or religious organization, there is a way for you to get involved! Young people ages 5 to 25 can take action to fight sub-standard housing!

Act! Speak! Build! Week - March 8 - 13, 2010

This is poverty housing!

Do you know that families all over Los Angeles live without heat or power, lack hot water, safe floors and ceilings, have cracks or holes in the wall and have extreme overcrowding, all because they cannot afford a safer place to live?

This is the housing crisis!

More than half of all people who rent in Los Angeles County live in unaffordable housing, paying more than 30% of their income.
One third of LA renters live in overcrowded conditions: overcrowding is more than one person per room in a house.
On any given night in Los Angeles County as estimated 43,000 people are likely to be homeless: Nearly 10% are reported to be children under 18.
In 2010, the demand for housing in LA County is exceeding new housing production by 28,000 units per year.

Are you or is someone you know being affected by the housing crisis?

Now that you know, what will you do?

Participate in Act! Speak! Build! Week and advocate for affordable housing.

If everyone does ONE thing to help educate their friends and families about the need and advocate for change, WE can put an end to poverty housing!

Do you have what it takes to make a difference? The answer is YES

See the list of sample activities or create your own. It's as easy as sharing information with your friends and classmates or asking your representatives to support affordable housing. FAQ and Sample Activities.

Register here and be a part of HFH GLA's Act! Speak! Build! Week 2010!
Enter our YouTube contest and tell us how you are advocating for affordable housing during Act! Speak! Build! Week.
Attend our Act! Speak! Build! Week event on March 20th at Long Beach City College.

Ask your teacher if you can receive community service hours for your activity.

Text, tweet, instant message and get the word out to all your friends about how they can get involved!!!

Resources & Information

Contact Melissa Killian, Youth Programs Coordinator at (310) 323-4663 ext. 109 or youthprograms@habitatla.org.

For more information about greater Los Angeles homelessness statistics go to www.lahsa.org.

Check out Habitat for Humanity International's website for more information and resources.

Summer Build Trips for Students

Individual students ages 16 to 18 can be part of Habitat's work this summer in Tennessee, Mississippi or Washington through HFHI's Learn and Build Experience. Scholarships are available. Applications are due February 15, 2010.

Groups of high school and college students can participate in Collegiate Challenge alternative break trips year round. Registration is currently open for Summer 2010 Collegiate Challenge trips.

Find out more through our Youth Programs Winter Newsletter.

Are you a Habitat for Humanity youth leader?
Find out how to qualify and apply for the Apprentice Builder award.

See the application for more details. Each year we award one inspiring young person with this award at our annual Volunteer Appreciation event. Applications will be due in April 2010.

LEAD - Qualify for Youth Leadership awards and participate in Youth United

ADVOCATE - Join in our suggested Advocacy Activities

TAKE ACTION - Age Appropriate Activities

ORGANIZE - Make a Campus Chapter

FUNDRAISE - Support the Nickels for Nails Campaign