Neighbors in Action: Lansing Habitat for Humanity

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Published March 20, 2013 at 4:28 PM EDT

The Lansing chapter of Habitat for Humanity plans to build four new houses this year and rehab two. For this week’s Neighbors in Action segment, Denise Paquette, executive director of Lansing Habitat, and future Habitat resident, Monica List, discuss the organization’s work.

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