Habitat volunteers at work. (Courtesy Habitat)
The Americus-based Habitat for Humanity organization has expelled 12 of the group's affiliates, according to a Habitat spokesman, two of them within Georgia.
Duane Bates, director of Habitat's media relations declined to name the Georgia affiliates, but said that:
“One had not tithed in over four years, and the second dissolved on a voluntary basis.”
Bates says the process of what the organization calls, "disaffiliation," with the US-based branches, began on March 9, 2006 for a variety of reasons:
Five were voluntary, meaning the affiliates were winding down their operations, and wanted to close. One affiliate was in the process of merging with another affiliate and would cease being an independent entity. Two of the affiliates had not reported the completion of a house in more than eight years. The others had not participated in Habitat For Humanity's tithes in more than four years.”
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