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Millard Fuller, the Habitat for Humanity founder who died late Monday at age 74, once stated that a person needs about 500 square feet of living space. Meaning, the average American family of four needs about 2,000 square feet of house. The fact that American home sizes have more than doubled since the 1950s, and that the average U.S. home today is just under 2,500 square feet, was evidence to Fuller that the American dream had become distorted and destructive. He said as much last September 11, when he gave his analysis of the nation's housing market crisis. "We have confused, as a society, wants and needs, and a lot of people have raised up their wants way above their needs and way above their abilities to support all those wants." "What we have got to do is get back to the basics in difficult economic times like this and explain to people that you will not wither up and die if you don't have that wide-screen TV.""God's oder of things holds no place for hoarding and greed," he wrote. "There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody, but not enough for the greed of even a significant minority."Fuller made and spent a lot of money. At one point he owned 2,000 acres and was worth $1 million. But as his business prospered, his personal life suffered. Fuller gave up his business and wealth and developed a non-profit housing ministry for the poor, which in 1976 became Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat, relies on volunteer labor and donated or subsidized materials (often provided by church groups) to build modest, affordable houses for low-income families. Habitat groups have built more than 300,000 houses around the world. Habitat is the most successful continuous community service project in the history of the United States.

There is a statement that says it takes one person to make a difference. Milton Fuller was one of those people and that is a F.A.C.T.