Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity Inc. plans to build 25 more homes for low-income residents this year. The non-profit organization plans to build 15 homes in an area between North 1st Street, East Concordia Avenue, North Holton Street and East Chambers in the Harambee neighborhood. Habitat built 10 homes in 2008 and 10 in 2007 in another portion of Harambee, to the southwest.
Habitat also plans to build 10 homes along North 20th and North 21st streets in the Park West neighborhood.
The homes will be built by volunteers on vacant lots purchased from the city for $1 each.
The homes will have 1,100 to 1,400 square feet of space with 3 to 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Once completed the homes will be sold to low-income buyers for $60,000, plus 200 hours of sweat equity working on the homes.
Habitat for Humanity has built 228 new homes in the city and rehabilitated another 93 homes.
