Churches offer housing opportunities

"We have a responsibility to meet the needs of all aspects of people's lives," said Rev. Terry Jones of Warner Temple AME Zion Church and executive director of the housing development corporation. The AME Zion churches will have more competition for the funds next year, however. This...

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Published inMorning star (Wilmington, N.C. : 1990)
Main Author Clemmons, C J
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wilmington, N.C Halifax Media Group 13.03.2001
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Jones, Terry
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Summary:"We have a responsibility to meet the needs of all aspects of people's lives," said Rev. Terry Jones of Warner Temple AME Zion Church and executive director of the housing development corporation. The AME Zion churches will have more competition for the funds next year, however. This year they are sharing an $84,000 pot of HUD money with only one other community housing development organization in Wilmington, but a new group has been certified, and a fourth has applied as well. Staff photo / LOGAN WALLACE. George Jenkins carries a door into a house being built on Hanover Street by the Wilmington AME Zion Housing Development Corporation. The church has built four homes intended for people with low incomes. The house to the right was also built by the church.
ISSN:1937-4097