Habitat for Humanity Helps Chilean Earthquake Victims

Habitat for Humanity has begun providing aid to Chileans who have fallen victim to the earthquake that struck there a few days ago. The organization is doing what it does best and is in the process of building the first of 36 new permanent homes in Chile. An article from The Christian Post reports:

Committed to helping the South American country recover from an 8.8-magnitude earthquake, the Christian organization said the building of homes is just the first phase in its long-term response.

The effort comes as Chile's government said it will need to import temporary housing to aid the 500,000 people whose homes were damaged by the quake last month...

...Habitat for Humanity Chile has provided more than 6,300 housing solutions to low-income families since 2002. After the quake, workers assessed low-income communities where the organization had built houses. None of the homes were affected by the quake.

It was only a matter of time before Habitat for Humanity would start to provide aid to Chile. The issue of housing is a global problem and this disaster has only worsened a problem in a country that was already suffering from problems with affordable housing. Affordable housing is a complex issue that has no simple solution and cant be solved over night. Solving this issue in the U.S. will require a lot of governmental aid and changes in the ways that banks lend out money.