RANDOLPH —Twelve families became homeowners Thursday as Morris Habitat for Humanity celebrated the completion of the biggest affordable housing project in its four-decade history. More than 30 volunteers, local officials and new residents attended the opening of the 12 condominium development in the township, known as The Crossings at Bennett Avenue. The project, built at […]
Housing affordability is a growing issue across Northeast Florida, with the median price to buy a home up almost six percent since last year according to Redfin. Action News Jax also told viewers Friday about a recent University of North Florida study that named Jacksonville the eviction capital of Florida. Now, Beaches Habitat for Humanity is […]
MISHAWAKA — The Common Council Monday night approved $2 million in American Rescue Plan Act money for Habitat for Humanity of St. Joseph County to buy land for its next housing project in the McKinley Avenue corridor. The money will go toward the land purchase and other related infrastructure work, according to Habitat President and […]
PERTH AMBOY – Morris Habitat for Humanity (MHfH) in partnership with several city organizations has broken ground on two new homes for low- and moderate-income families. The homes will be at 99 and 101 Pearl Place and have three bedrooms and two bathrooms. They will each have a private entrance, a porch, a one-car garage […]
Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity celebrated its recent success with two new community activities. A 5K run and a Partner Family Picnic on June 2 raised funds for construction of the remaining two homes scheduled for 2024. Gary Pate won the inaugural 5K, besting the other 59 competitors in the race on Iron Horse Trail. […]
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — It was a special moment in one Midstate city today, one a family had been waiting on for months. With the help of the Lancaster Lebanon Habitat for Humanity, Kenya McGrier was able to move her family into a newly renovated home on St. Joseph Street in Lancaster. Close Thanks for […]
You know your family’s been around Wichita awhile when it has a street named for it. Or, in Don Martinson’s case, three of them. There’s Martinson Street, which runs through Delano and south Wichita. It was named by Martinson’s grandfather, who developed much of Delano in the late 1880s. A little farther west are Charles […]
Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced that the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced $39.4 million in funding for nine projects in the State of Washington to remove fish passage barriers like small dams and culverts, open salmon and steelhead migration routes, and allow more salmon to return to their natural spawning grounds. […]
The King of Pride Rock will soon call the Queen City his new home. Great Plains Zoo announced Thursday it plans to house Simba, a male African lion who has lived at the Detroit Zoo for more than a decade, at its state-of-the-art lion habitat. The transfer, which is expected to take place “in the […]
Apr. 27—St Joseph’s Habitat for Humanity will be wishing its executive director Shay Homeyer good luck as she embarks on a new journey in Nebraska. Homeyer has been with Habitat for 10 years. Though she is leaving the area, her impact will remain in the many projects she has helped happen. “Our latest project has […]
Apr. 10—Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity staff, while eager to build homes, need more space to put them. “We definitely have a land deficit, so we’re scrambling right now to find buildable parcels within and around Santa Fe,” executive director Kurt Krahn said in an interview Wednesday. On Monday, the organization announced a bright spot […]
Apr. 8—A contractor will begin mobilizing equipment next week for an in-lake habitat project that is slated to take place over the next three months in Fountain Lake. Courtney Phillips, program and project manager with the Shell Rock River Watershed District, said the project involves placing sunken boulder clusters and rock reef barriers strategically in […]