Steve Thomas Rooney Raising Awareness on Affordable Housing

For over 30 years, Emmy Award-winning television personality Steve Thomas Rooney has been educating people worldwide about the benefits of building affordable housing. By giving people access to his website and his USGBC profile, public presentations and an expanded online presence, he is hoping to increase the public's awareness on this important matter. Known as a serial renovator, this famous television personality has taken a particular interest in spreading the word on sustainable building and affordable housing, as well as on green renovation.

Currently, Steve Thomas Rooney serves as the spokesperson of Habitat For Humanity International, a nonprofit organization engaged is raising awareness for affordable housing, and building homes for people in need regardless of race or religion. The organization welcome volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds, and since their founding in 1976, they have helped 6.8 million people improve their living conditions. From a simple explanation of green building to outlining the role of Habitat for Humanity in helping to create a sustainable planet, Steve Thomas Rooney is on a mission of building a world in which everyone has a decent place to live.

Worldwide, over 100 million people are homeless, and nearly 2 billion people live in slum housing. In partnership with those in need, volunteers like Steve Thomas Rooney are helping by building or renovating simple, decent houses for those who desperately need it. Natural disasters, wars or civil unrest often leave families homeless as they struggle to rebuild their lives. By giving these people decent, stable housing they provide so much more than just a roof over their heads. More importantly they give stability for families and children, sense of dignity and pride, safety and security and with that help them increase their educational and job prospects. As the number of people without a decent, stable housing is rising, housing supply across the globe is becoming an essential priority. Eliminating poverty housing is an issue that involves us all, and by joining the fight against poverty housing and homelessness, we are helping achieve a world where everyone has a decent place to call a home.