Talk:Habitat for Humanity

message: uhh
let's get a wikipedia discussion o HFHI.
i'm doing it for a socials project. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.199.58 (talk) 00:16, 2 June 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What aspects are you looking to learn more about? --MC MasterChef 00:52, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: It would appear the Criticism section is over the top and not in line with neutral POV. In particular the quote "don't act poor or grateful enough" is just from a cited article and not attributed to anyone at Habitat. Also the income ranges were based on showing only the high range - it seems very slanted. This area could be improved - it just regurgitates a negative article. Claygate 01:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Portions of the criticism section are also literally cut-and-pasted from the two articles cited. I attempted to rewrite some of the section, removing some parts, and did a little bit of minor reorganization, but more needs to be said in the other areas of the article to balance this out, I believe. There is plenty more to be said about the history of the organization, its leadership (Millard did more than just get fired), and more. Does anyone know any other third-party sources that report on Habitat that could be used to gauge its effectiveness and/or reputation as an international charity? — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 07:13, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism Section 

message: With two thirds of the building that HFHI does taking place overseas, most of this article talks about the American aspects of HfHI.  Does anyone know/want to research how, say family selection takes place in other parts of the world?  Do they run credit checks on Habitat families in, say, Afghanistan? There's some mention about the differences in house types internationally, but I'd imagine the whole program would be pretty different.  
Also, are the international affiliates in third world countries run locally (as they are in the U.S.) or are they puppet organisations of developed countries?
I'm sure there's a whole host of other differences.  This was the one glaring hole in an otherwise good article.
Sparsefarce 21:46, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  HfHI International Family Selection 

message: I reverted your edit to the HfH article under reStores.  I'm sure some reStores accept upholstered furniture.  If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me.
Sparsefarce 20:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Habitat for Humanity 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Habitat for humanity.svg

message: The criticism section is completely absurd.  HFH is based on the idea that they are giving people a "hand UP, not a handOUT."  While the composer of that section may feel that the organization could use its resources differently, it has no place whatsoever in the article, and seems to be ideological grandstanding.
Quigonpaj (talk) 05:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism and NPOV

message: What I know of Habitat suggests that part of the idea is to promote better family life, but nowhere have I seen it explicitly discussed that the program is designed only for family housing, or that single-person households or other groupings of people would not qualify for housing from Habitat.  Neither the Habitat website nor this article clears up my confusion on the matter.  They both seem to say (and the name of the organization itself implies) that the intent of Habitat for Humanity is to provide affordable housing to anyone who needs it, but whenever the potential or eventual tenants are discussed, the word "family" inevitably comes up.  Does the program only apply to families, and if so, has there been any criticism of this? B7T (talk) 18:11, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Family focus? 

message: The article states "The mission statement of Habitat for Humanity is to "seek to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action."[1]" but this is incorrect. According to http://www.habitat.org/how/mission_statement.aspx HFH's mission statement is "Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope." I can change the words but couldn't figure out how to change the reference. I looked at Wikipedia's instructions on citing sources, but still couldn't figure it out. Could a more Wikipedia savvy user either change the mission statement/reference or post a link to a step-by-step on how to do so? Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.39.12.245 (talk) 13:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  HFH Mission Statement 

message: I find it odd and troubling that this page doesn't have a history section; normally, that would be section #1. 50.39.238.148 (talk) 06:47, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section? 

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message: The redirect HabiJax has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.  Graywalls (talk) 14:07, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[[:HabiJax]]" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: It is a chapter/branch of a larger organization and blow-by-blow details of each program of each branch is undue coverage. Once primary sourced coverage are trimmed out of this article, I believe it would be appropriate to merge into the main article. Graywalls (talk) 22:34, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Habitat for Humanity – New York City]] into [[Habitat for Humanity]] 

message: Per WP:BRANCH Graywalls (talk) 02:30, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[HabiJax]] into [[Habitat for Humanity]] 

message: Mgrē@sŏn (Talk) 04:47, 14 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attribution