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Housing Project Rising North of P-au-P

CABARET — A religious charity said Friday it has started a housing project Cabaret, north of Port-au-Prince to house 2,500 people, that have been displaced since last year's earthquake.

The Mission of Hope (MOH) project will consist of 500 simple homes, near Cabaret, Haiti. Each home will also have a couple of fruit trees to provide food and a source of extra income to the families, said Jay Cherry, who is coordinating the project for the charity based in Fort Myers, Florida.

The Haitian government provided 120 acres for the project and MOH is raising the $3 million cost of construction through donations, Cherry said.

Residents will pay a small monthly rent that the charity plans to use to provide services to the community.

The Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) approved the housing project in September and it is scheduled to be completed in December 2012.

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Source: AJC , Mission of Hope, Haiti