This is the first year the Habitat for Humanity of Lansing has received funds from the Michigan Housing and Community Development Fund to establish new Habitat for Humanity homes.
Habitat for Humanity of Lansing received $24,342 from the fund.
“This $24,000 is going to help us with three specific projects, and it’s providing what we call gap funding,” says Julie Burtch, with Habitat for Humanity of Lansing.
The funding allows the organization to build three new homes in Lansing rather than rehabbing three homes.
“We are trying to increase our building production until there is no more substandard housing in Lansing,” she says.
Burtch says Habitat for Humanity of Lansing’s goal is to build 10 to 12 new houses each year. This year the organization’s shooting for eight new builds.
Source: Julie Burtch, Habitat for Humanity of Lansing
Ivy Hughes, development news editor, can be reached here.
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