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Home Builders Renovate Homeless Shelter in Washington, D.C.

In dire need of repairs and upgrades, one of the largest men's homeless shelters in Washington, D.C. was renovated last year by the Home Builders Care Foundation of the Maryland-National Capital Building Industry Association. The shelter is operated by Gospel Rescue Ministries.

Completed in December, improvements to the Samaritan Ministry Dormitory included the replacement and upgrading of lavatories on two levels of the 65-year-old building, including walls, toilets, showers and all fixtures and finishes. Renovations to some of the living quarters, which provide shelter for more than 100 homeless men nightly, included new flooring, tiles and lighting and repairs to the HVAC system.

The renovation was made possible through in-kind and financial contributions from more than 15 builders and subcontractors and proceeds from a "Help the Homeless Walkathon" held by the Home Builders Care Foundation in 2002.

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In addition to the extensive interior work, renovations were also completed on the building's exterior, with in-kind donations from Paradigm Construction, which is erecting a high-rise across the street, and its chapel, as part of a local Boy Scout project.

The project received additonal assistance from Ricky Diggs, a resident student in GRM's Transforming Lives Ministry, who was responsible for day-to-day oversight of the project.

In its next project in the District of Columbia, the Home Builders Care Foundation will be instituting a collaborative job training program through the Home Builders Institute program at Potomac Job Corps. Students will receive hands-on training in construction skills working on-site with local home builders in the development of affordable housing units in the Southeast quadrant of the city. 

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