#BuildingRural - Earl Pfeiffer - Skip Jason Awardee
Channel: Housing Assistance Council
Date: 2016-12-13

Earl Pfeiffer, Executive Director of Florida Home Partnership in Ruskin, FL, received the Skip Jason Award for Community Service from the Housing Assistance Council. This award, named for Robert M. “Skip” Jason, recognizes individuals whose efforts have improved the housing conditions of the rural poor in their communities.  

Since joining Florida Home Partnership as Executive Director in 1997, Earl Pfeiffer has increased the amount of quality affordable housing for migrant farmworkers in west-central Florida. He has also worked to diversify the stock of affordable housing to include more apartments, townhomes, and other rental properties. FHP has assisted over 700 low-income Floridians to become self-help homeowners. Vice President of the National Rural Self-Help Housing Association and a member of the board of the National Rural Housing Coalition, Earl is a third-generation homebuilder.

“Earl is a tireless activist for rural people and communities,” said Moises Loza, Executive Director at HAC. “His dedication to serving the people of rural Florida is unparalleled and HAC is proud to partner with him to build stronger rural communities.”
 
Earl accepted his award at a ceremony at the HAC 2016 Rural Housing Conference in Washington, D.C.

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