{"id":6382,"date":"2015-11-16T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2015-11-16T17:53:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T17:53:42","slug":"melissa-hensley-notes-in-star-tribune-how-habitat-for-humanity-homes-shape-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/16\/melissa-hensley-notes-in-star-tribune-how-habitat-for-humanity-homes-shape-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Hensley notes in Star Tribune how Habitat for Humanity homes shape lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/03\/StarTrib-e1400513865356.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3927\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/03\/StarTrib-e1400513865356.jpeg\" alt=\"Minneapolis Star Tribune\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><strong>Melissa Hensley<\/strong>, assistant professor of social work at Augsburg College, was quoted in a Star Tribune article about the substantial benefits that Habitat for Humanity homes provide to families who move into them. The article reports on the exceptionally positive findings in a newly released study by Wilder Research of more than 400 families. The improvements in the families&#8217; lives include higher income, less reliance on government social programs, an increased sense of security, and better childhood performance in school.<\/p>\n<p>In the article, Hensley states that the Habitat model, in which participants help construct their new homes, provides a sense of pride and cooperation that has ripple effects throughout the families&#8217; lives. \u201cMost individuals want to be engaged in a constructive activity,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is something people feel they\u2019re a part of and can be proud of.\u201d She goes on to note\u00a0that by \u201cEnabling them to move into a place where they have stability and safety, they can blossom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-headline\">Read: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/habitat-for-humanity-dramatically-improves-families-lives-study-finds\/346390502\/\" target=\"_blank\">Habitat for Humanity dramatically improves families&#8217; lives, study finds<\/a> on the Star Tribune site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa Hensley, assistant professor of social work at Augsburg College, was quoted in a Star Tribune article about the substantial benefits that Habitat for Humanity homes provide to families who move into them. The article reports on the exceptionally positive findings in a newly released study by Wilder Research of more than 400 families. The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[3720,3721,2641,2692],"class_list":["post-6382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-in-the-news","tag-habitat-for-humanity","tag-melissa-hensley","tag-social-work","tag-star-tribune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6395,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions\/6395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}