A safe habitat

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for a unique Habitat for Humanity house.

The three-bedroom home will be transitional housing for a client of Rose Brooks Center and should be completed early next year.

The domestic violence agency said this is the first time it has partnered with Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that builds affordable housing.

“For a woman who has survived domestic violence, owning a home is the final step in becoming independent and providing a safe place for her children,” Rose Brooks executive director Susan Miller said in a statement.

James B. Nutter & Co. provided a $50,000 gift for the house.
— Debra Skodack/The Star

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What about a home for men and their children? I guess we don't care about the children who suffer at the hands of their mothers do we? What a sexist program. I am withholding all my financial support for Habitat for female Humanity!

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Men and children rendered homeless because of domestic violence are a relatively rare breed. Not to say that individual cases don't happen, but the numbers don't register at all in any study of homelessness or people needing transitional housing.

As usual, the writer aboves hypes a nearly non-existent problem, while ignoring real problems. Which is that dv is one the major source of homelessness for women. For men, it's alcohol and drugs. But you don't see guys like this writer advocating for more outpatient services that could really make a dent in the numbers of homeless men. They are more interested in stripping women of services, which has a lot to do with the own abuser agendas that any real advocacy for people--male or female--in need.

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