Frequently Asked Questions
About More Than Shelter
Dream Home Raffle
Who is sponsoring the Dream Home Raffle?
Who will benefit from the raffle of this house?
What is More Than Shelter in relation to Century Housing?
Where can I find more nonprofit status info on Century Housing or More Than Shelter?
How much are the tickets and are they tax deductable?
How many tickets are being sold?
When is the deadline to enter the house raffle?
How do I buy a ticket to enter the house raffle?
Who can buy a ticket for the house raffle?
What else can I win other than the Dream Home in Beverly Hills?
The Early Bird drawing was already awarded, can I still win something if I entered early?
How many house raffle tickets can I purchase?
Can I share the purchase of one raffle ticket?
Who is sponsoring this home raffle?
In cooperation with More Than Shelter, a California nonprofit corporation, Century Housing is conducting this raffle pursuant to California Penal Code Section 320.5, et seq., as a way to raise funds to cover a portion of the cost of providing More Than Shelter® services to community members.
Century Housing, a nonprofit California corporation, is a tax-exempt organization under federal and state laws. Century Housing supports affordable and workforce housing throughout the greater Los Angeles area, with an emphasis on More Than Shelter supportive services for the residents.
Who will benefit from the raffle of this house?
Services that benefit from this raffle include early childhood development programs, after-school tutoring services for at-risk youth, construction employment development and placement services for Los Angeles community residents, a wellness program for seniors living in affordable apartment communities, and an extensive array of supportive services for formerly homeless veterans.
What is More Than Shelter in relation to Century Housing?
At Century, we help create affordable, quality, aesthetically pleasing housing—always enhanced by social services designed to assist residents of Los Angeles, from toddlers to seniors, with their most critical needs. We believe that these More Than Shelter amenities turn a building into a home and a development into a community.
Our latest More Than Shelter effort is the formation of the More Than Shelter, designed to raise operating and capital funds to ensure the growth of More quality child development centers, More after-school tutoring programs, More wellness programs for seniors, More construction job training and placement for local Los Angeles residents, More transitional housing for families and individuals… More Than Shelter.
Where can I find more about the nonprofit status of Century Housing & More Than Shelter?
Various entities that verify our nonprofit charity status include:
Internal Revenue Service
Idealist.org — Action Without Borders
Guidestar.org — National Database of Nonprofit Organizations
Better Business Bureau
How much are tickets and are they tax deductable?
Raffle tickets for the $1.5 million Beverly Hills Dream Home in Los Angeles are $180 each. House raffle ticket purchases are not tax deductable.
How many raffle tickets are being sold?
There is a set limit of 22,000 tickets that will be sold. There are additional cash prizes totaling over $154,000. The odds of at least doubling the purchase price of a ticket are 1 in 121!
When is the deadline to enter the house raffle?
The raffle ticket purchase deadline has been extended until May 29, 2005.
How do I buy a ticket to enter the house raffle?
To enter the Dream House Raffle, call 1-800-90-90210. You can also download an entry form here in PDF format or here in GIF format. Please fax completed entry forms to 1-800-590-2544 or mail to:
The More Than Shelter Dream Home Raffle
c/o Century Housing
P.O. Box 2746
Culver City, CA 90231-2746
Who can buy a ticket for the house raffle?
You must be 18 years of age or older and a resident of the United States to purchase tickets or win a prize. Employees of Century Housing, any affiliated corporation thereof, The Strategics Group, Tier3, Inc., Wollborg and Michelson, any temporary employment agency used by Century Housing, or Novogradac & Company LLP, and persons living in the same household as those employees, are not eligible to win a prize.
What else can I win other than the dream house in Beverly Hills?
1st Prize: 1 cash prize of $50,000
2nd Prize: 1 cash prize of $25,000
3rd Prize: 1 cash prize of $10,000
4th Prize: 7 cash prizes of $1,000 each
5th Prize: 10 cash prizes of $500 each
6th Prize: 160 cash prizes of $360 each
The Early Bird drawing was already awarded. Can I still win something if
I was entered before the drawing?
Yes! All entries before the Early Bird raffle drawing are eligible for the Dream Home and other cash prizes raffle drawing whether you had won in the Early Bird or not.
How many house raffle tickets can I purchase?
You can buy as many house raffle tickets as there are available until all 22,000 tickets have been sold.
Can I share the purchase of one raffle ticket?
Division of a prize by a group purchasing a ticket in common shall be the sole responsibility of the person named as the holder of record of that ticket.
Only one eligible person may be entered in the raffle per ticket sold. Century Housing will record the name and contact information of that person as the holder of record of that particular ticket. Prizes will be awarded only to the holder of record of a winning ticket. If the name of more than one person is submitted with a ticket purchase, and that ticket is selected as a winning ticket, then the person named first will be deemed the holder of record of that ticket and declared the winner.
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Dream Home Raffle
Proceeds Benefit
Century Housing and
More Than Shelter
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More Than Shelter is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation | 1000 Corporate Pointe, Suite 250 | Culver City, California | 90230
The Dream Home Raffle site last updated Tuesday, June 14, 2005