CINCINNATI –Thanks to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity (www.cincinnatihabitat.org), as well as some gen­er­ous vol­un­teers and donors, another fam­ily will be able to move into their new home in time to cel­e­brate the Win­ter hol­i­days. Cincin­nati Habi­tat recently fin­ished another rehab project in Col­lege Hill.  The Holzberger Fam­ily Human­i­tar­ian Foun­da­tion, Cross­roads Church, and Xavier Uni­ver­sity pro­vided funds and vol­un­teers to help rehab the home.  The ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony will be at 10 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 18 at 1189 Home­side Ave. U.S. Sen­a­tor Rob Port­man will be on hand work­ing that morn­ing and will also speak at the ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony. The com­mu­nity and mem­bers of the news media are wel­comed to attend.

Hun­dreds of Cross­roads Church mem­bers vol­un­teered on this rehab project, and over the past three years have invested more than 15,000 hours into the reha­bil­i­ta­tion of homes in part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Habi­tat. Xavier University’s cam­pus chap­ter also once again pro­vided their gen­er­ous sup­port through fund­ing and vol­un­teers on their sixth project with Cincin­nati Habitat.

The home will belong to Mar­garet John­son and her two sons James, 9 and William, 3.  John­son and her hus­band came to the United States from Sierra Leone.  Last year, tragedy struck when her hus­band died sud­denly after a stroke leav­ing her to care for their two sons.

“I want Cincin­nati Habi­tat to know that pro­vid­ing a home for my chil­dren is a dream come true, and I wish their father was here to share this dream with us,” said John­son. “Ten years ago, we lived in tents in a refugee camp with lit­tle to no food or water. Buy­ing this home is the oppor­tu­nity of a life­time for my fam­ily and will be the key to my sons’ futures.”

“After a great deal of tragedy and hard­ship, thanks to the many giv­ing hearts and hands of some spe­cial vol­un­teers and donors, the John­son fam­ily can finally real­ize their dream of own­ing their own home and enjoy the sense of secu­rity and sta­bil­ity that come along with that,” said Marissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat. “This fam­ily has a bright future ahead of them.”

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat home, the John­son fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria, includ­ing hous­ing need, abil­ity to pay a mort­gage, and will­ing­ness to part­ner with Cincin­nati Habi­tat. The Fam­ily worked beside vol­un­teers from Cross­roads Church and Xavier Uni­ver­sity, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage held by Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.

For more infor­ma­tion on Cincin­nati Habi­tat or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org, fol­low us on twit­ter http://twitter.com/CincyHabitat, or like us on Face­book http://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHabitat.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 220 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mill­creek Val­ley, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org.

CINCINNATI – Habi­tat for Human­ity sur­passed its 400,000 house mile­stone dur­ing its most recent fis­cal year.  Since the non­profit orga­ni­za­tion was founded in 1976, its self-help, hand-up model has resulted in rehabbed, repaired or new hous­ing for more than 2 mil­lion peo­ple worldwide.

Locally, Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity (CHFH) is part of this global effort. Since 1986, Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity has built, rehabbed or repaired over 224 houses in the greater Cincin­nati area.

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is mov­ing at a rapid pace of change and has had a very event­ful year, mak­ing great strides to embody Habi­tat for Human­ity International’s mis­sion. Some recent efforts include the new ReStore, which opened this past spring, and CHFH’s refo­cus on not only build­ing new homes, but also rehab­bing fore­closed prop­er­ties as a strate­gic way to revi­tal­ize Cincinnati’s neigh­bor­hoods. Addi­tion­ally, CHFH has intro­duced higher green build­ing stan­dards in order to con­struct more energy effi­cient and envi­ron­men­tally sus­tain­able homes.

“Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity and the more than 1,400 affil­i­ates like us across the United States and abroad are con­tin­u­ing our efforts to help address the poverty hous­ing cri­sis that plagues too many fam­i­lies— both near and far. We are thrilled to be a part of this impor­tant mile­stone and are deter­mined to con­tinue our work in help­ing more local fam­i­lies in need of a sim­ple, decent and afford­able place to live, grow and thrive,” said Marissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat. “With con­tin­ued sup­port from our spon­sors and vol­un­teers, we’ll help 16 more fam­i­lies in 2011 real­ize their dream of home ownership.”

In fis­cal year 2010, Habi­tat for Human­ity served a record 74,960 fam­i­lies world­wide through a com­bi­na­tion of new con­struc­tion, reha­bil­i­ta­tion and repairs. Habi­tat also helped an addi­tional 6,355 fam­i­lies estab­lish legal rights to a house or land, and pro­vided more than 46,964 indi­vid­u­als with tech­ni­cal assis­tance rang­ing from legal help to con­struc­tion advice or training.

“We are pleased that even in this dif­fi­cult econ­omy, Habi­tat for Human­ity has been able to help a record num­ber of fam­i­lies around the world have a bet­ter place to live,” said Jonathan Reck­ford, CEO of Habi­tat for Human­ity Inter­na­tional. “Our affil­i­ates are the back­bone of Habitat’s efforts. Their hard work and ded­i­ca­tion have made this mile­stone pos­si­ble. We are grate­ful for the work of Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.”

Habi­tat for Human­ity cel­e­brated its 300,000^th home in 2008, its 200,000^th home in 2005 and the 100,000^th home in 2000.

By 2013, Habi­tat for Human­ity hopes to assist 100,000 fam­i­lies world­wide annu­ally with new or improved housing.

A copy of Habi­tat for Human­ity International’s fis­cal year 2010 annual report, “What We Build,” is now avail­able online at http://www.habitat.org/support/report/default.aspx. The report gives a snap­shot of Habitat’s work around the world.

For more infor­ma­tion on Cincin­nati Habi­tat or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org, fol­low us on twit­ter http://twitter.com/CincyHabitat, or like us on Face­book http://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHabitat.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 220 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mill­creek Val­ley, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org.

CINCINNATI – Thanks to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity (www.cincinnati-habitat.org), Ohio National Finan­cial Ser­vices, and the East­side Coali­tion of Churches, three area fam­i­lies will now have a much-needed home of their own, just in time for the hol­i­days. Ohio National Finan­cial Ser­vices spon­sored two Habi­tat homes at 3588 and 3592 Dick Street as part of their five year com­mit­ment to build 10 homes in the Cincin­nati com­mu­nity. The East­side Coali­tion of Churches spon­sored the third build at 3584 Dick Street. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built 11 homes in the three-block radius sur­round­ing Dick Street over the last four years.

The ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony will be at 11 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, Nov. 20 at 3588 Dick Street. Ohio National’s incom­ing CEO, Gary “Doc” Hoff­man, will speak. The com­mu­nity and mem­bers of the news media are wel­comed to attend.

The home at 3588 Dick Street will belong to Jane Huff. A sin­gle grand­mother rais­ing four grand­chil­dren, Huff has worked for the Uni­ver­sity of Cincin­nati for more than 20 years, and is very excited to be build­ing and buy­ing a home with Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity.  She says, “this is some­thing (my) grand­chil­dren deserve, a place they can always call home, even after (I have) gone. I have always dreamed of being able to pro­vide my grand­chil­dren a home of their own.”

Next door, at 3592 Dick Street, the home will belong to Stephona Bow­man. A sin­gle mother of two girls, Bow­man works for Fifth Third Bank, and grad­u­ated from Antonelli Col­lege this past June with her Busi­ness Degree in Tech­ni­cal and Net­work Sup­port. “I have spent a life­time of rent­ing and, at times, in less than desir­able hous­ing. This oppor­tu­nity to build and buy my own home pro­vides a long-term sense of secu­rity in hav­ing some­thing of our own,” said Bowman.

These will be the third and fourth homes spon­sored by Ohio National Finan­cial Ser­vices. To cel­e­brate 100 years as part of the Cincin­nati com­mu­nity, Ohio National Finan­cial Ser­vices announced its com­mit­ment to fund the con­struc­tion of 10 Habi­tat for Human­ity homes over the next five years – the largest ever one-time gift to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity – in early 2009. Each Habi­tat for Human­ity home spon­sored by Ohio National sym­bol­izes a decade in its 100-year his­tory. The $780,000 gift will fund two homes each year for five years from 2009–2013.

The East­side Coali­tion home at 3584 Dick Street will belong to sin­gle mother, Chala Lewis and her three daugh­ters, Makayla, 14, Kaylen, 9, and Alana, 5.  “All of my life, I have wanted my own home.  I used to dream as a child to have the per­fect family—children, hus­band, cars and my very own home.  My life did not turn out to be the way I dreamt when I was a child.  But, I want to show my chil­dren that through hard work, ded­i­ca­tion, and the grace of God, all things are pos­si­ble. I want this home to give them a sense of own­er­ship and some­thing that they will appre­ci­ate and cher­ish,” said Lewis, who also often speaks to orga­ni­za­tions about her expe­ri­ence with Cincin­nati Habitat.

The third home at 3584 Dick Street was spon­sored by the East­side Coali­tion of Churches. The East­side Coali­tion has been work­ing in part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Habi­tat since its found­ing in 1986, when they helped to build Cincin­nati Habitat’s first home, mak­ing them Cincin­nati Habitat’s old­est build­ing group. Over the years, they have helped build over 35 homes in Cincin­nati. Also, Alan Grif­fith, lead site coor­di­na­tor for the East­side Coali­tion, was named Habi­tat for Human­ity of Ohio Vol­un­teer of the Year for his out­stand­ing com­mit­ment and lead­er­ship. Eight new churches have recently been added to the East­side Coali­tion, so they will be able to build another house this year.

“These builds truly exem­plify what Habi­tat can do with the community’s sup­port. We are so thank­ful to Ohio National for their gen­er­ous dona­tion and to the East­side Coali­tion for their con­tin­ued involve­ment and sup­port over the years,” said Ed Lee, Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity Exec­u­tive Direc­tor. “These orga­ni­za­tions are help­ing Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity achieve an unprece­dented level of ser­vice. I can­not say enough about these orga­ni­za­tions and the fan­tas­tic vol­un­teers who made home own­er­ship a real­ity for these families.”

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat homes, the fam­i­lies had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria and work beside vol­un­teers from Ohio National Finan­cial Ser­vices and the East­side Coali­tion, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­i­lies with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage payable to Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.

For more infor­ma­tion on Cincin­nati Habi­tat or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org, fol­low us on Twit­ter at http://twitter.com/CincyHabitat, or like us on Face­book at http://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHabitat.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 210 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mill­creek Val­ley, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org.

Spon­sors include the Madis­onville Coali­tion, Arm­strong Chapel, Church of the Redeemer, Regency Cen­ters, the George B. Riley Trust, Mariemont Com­mu­nity Church, and Gen­eral Electric

CINCINNATI – Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity (www.cincinnatihabitat.org) along with long­time vol­un­teer group, the Madis­onville Coali­tion, will ded­i­cate a home in Madis­onville this week­end. This is the fifth home the Madis­onville Coali­tion has built in part­ner­ship with Cincin­nati Habi­tat in the Madis­onville Com­mu­nity. This year’s coali­tion includes Arm­strong Chapel, Church of the Redeemer, Regency Cen­ters, and the George B. Riley Trust. Join­ing these spon­sors are the Mariemont Com­mu­nity Church and Gen­eral Elec­tric who both pro­vided vol­un­teers to the project.

The ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony will be at 10 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 30 at 4538 Lucerne Ave. in Madis­onville. The com­mu­nity and mem­bers of the news media are wel­comed to attend the ded­i­ca­tion. Tony Haslinger of Regency Cen­ters will be the fea­tured speaker. This is the sev­enth Habi­tat for Human­ity project the Regency Cen­ters have been involved with in the Madis­onville community.

The new home­own­ers will be Jacque­line Chan­dler and her four chil­dren Jor­dan, 13, Jyeisha, 7, Jewel, 6, and Joce­lyn, 4. Chan­dler works at Brown Mackie Col­lege and she also vol­un­teers at the ReStore.

“This is truly a bless­ing. Own­ing our own home and hav­ing a place for my chil­dren to call home is a dream I have had for years,” said Chan­dler. “I came from a sin­gle par­ent home and my mother worked 2 or 3 jobs for us just to live in an apart­ment. I am very grate­ful for all that she did for me; how­ever, I wanted so much more for my chil­dren.  I have worked very hard to get to this point. Now, I can save more than half of the money I spent on a monthly basis just on the rent by itself. We are all sin­cerely look­ing for­ward to this. This is truly our dream home.”

“Thanks to our gen­er­ous group of spon­sors and vol­un­teers, Jacque­lyn and her chil­dren will now have a home of their own and much more space, which will be won­der­ful for this active young fam­ily,” said Marissa Woodly, Devel­op­ment Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat. “We are grate­ful to our spon­sors and ded­i­cated vol­un­teers on this build. Their com­mit­ment has made home own­er­ship a real­ity for this family.”

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat home, the Chan­dler fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria, includ­ing hous­ing need, abil­ity to pay a mort­gage, and will­ing­ness to part­ner with Cincin­nati Habi­tat. The fam­ily worked beside vol­un­teers from the Madis­onville Coali­tion, Mariemont Com­mu­nity Church, and GE, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage held by Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.

For more infor­ma­tion on Cincin­nati Habi­tat or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org, fol­low us on Twit­ter at http://twitter.com/CincyHabitat, or like us on Face­book at http://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHabitat.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 210 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mill­creek Val­ley, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org.

Nearly 200 Delta vol­un­teers turn out to com­plete con­struc­tion on Habi­tat home in just six weeks

CINCINNATI – For the sec­ond year in a row, Delta Air­lines will ded­i­cate a Habi­tat for Human­ity (www.cincinnatihabitat.org) home in the Cincin­nati com­mu­nity. Delta Air­lines and their crew of nearly 200 ded­i­cated vol­un­teers turned out to com­plete this build in just 6 weeks—the fastest Habi­tat for Human­ity build this year. In addi­tion to com­plet­ing the entire build, Delta vol­un­teers were also able to plant a flower and veg­etable gar­den for the part­ner fam­ily. Part of a seven-city part­ner­ship, Delta will con­struct seven homes through­out the coun­try dur­ing the fall of 2010.

The ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­mony will be at 1 p.m. on Fri­day, Octo­ber 22 at 1185 Home­side Ave. in Col­lege Hill. There will be a bar­be­cue through­out the day with food donated from sev­eral local ven­dors. Barry K. Matthews from Delta and Ed Lee, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Cincin­nati Habi­tat, will speak. This is one of three Cincin­nati Habi­tat projects on Home­side Ave., includ­ing a rehab project next door to this home. The pub­lic is invited to tour the rehab project, as well as this home ded­i­cated by Delta. The com­mu­nity and mem­bers of the news media are wel­comed to attend.

The home will belong to Senga (Alex) Big­ure, his wife, Saada Alfani, and their four chil­dren, Grace, 16, Deane, 12, Ken­neth, 9, and their baby girl, Glo­ria, just born on July 3^rd. Senga and Saada are from Burundi.  Senga came to the United States in 2005 due to the civil war in Berundi. Saada fol­lowed with Deane and Ken­neth in 2009. Their old­est daugh­ter, Grace, is in board­ing school in Tan­za­nia wait­ing for immi­gra­tion to approve her depar­ture so that she can rejoin her fam­ily. This fam­ily of six cur­rently lives in a two-bedroom apart­ment with absolutely no stor­age space, much less the room needed for their grow­ing family.

“This is going to change our lives,” said Senga. “We have always believed that one day God would help our fam­ily, and now through Habi­tat, God has pro­vided for us. We will have so much more space, and our chil­dren will finally have a place to play. My fam­ily loves each other and we love to be with peo­ple and neigh­bors and to sim­ply live a peace­ful life. We are plan­ning to be a part of the Habi­tat fam­ily for all of our lives so that we can help other fam­i­lies like we were helped by Habitat.”

“This fam­ily has known much hard­ship, more than most Amer­i­cans can imag­ine. They have endured civil war and many years of sep­a­ra­tion,” said Lee, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor, Cincin­nati Habi­tat. “Thanks to the gen­eros­ity of Delta and their many ded­i­cated vol­un­teers, who fol­lowed through on their promise, this fam­ily can finally be together, under one roof in a home of their own. Delta is a model spon­sor as well as the fastest build­ing group we’ve had.”

To qual­ify for their Habi­tat home, the fam­ily had to meet a vari­ety of cri­te­ria, includ­ing hous­ing need, abil­ity to pay a mort­gage, and will­ing­ness to part­ner with Cincin­nati Habi­tat. The fam­ily worked beside vol­un­teers from Delta Air­lines, invest­ing 500 hours of sweat equity into the con­struc­tion of their home. Cincin­nati Habi­tat will sell the home to the fam­ily with a 0%, 20-year, interest-free mort­gage held by Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity.

For more infor­ma­tion on Cincin­nati Habi­tat or to vol­un­teer, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org, fol­low us on twit­ter at http://twitter.com/CincyHabitat, or like us on Face­book at http://www.facebook.com/CincinnatiHabitat.

About Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Humanity

Cincin­nati Habi­tat for Human­ity is a non-profit Chris­t­ian hous­ing min­istry that seeks to elim­i­nate sub­stan­dard hous­ing by build­ing and ren­o­vat­ing sim­ple, decent, afford­able homes to sell to low-income fam­i­lies in need. Cincin­nati Habi­tat works in equal part­ner­ship with fam­i­lies, vol­un­teers and donors build­ing a sense of com­mu­nity as well as afford­able hous­ing. Our part­ners include cor­po­ra­tions, churches, foun­da­tions, orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual donors who donate money, labor and mate­ri­als to fund and build our homes. Cincin­nati Habi­tat has built over 170 homes in neigh­bor­hoods that include Avon­dale, Clifton, Colum­bia Tus­cu­lum, Evanston, Har­ri­son, Hyde Park, Lin­coln Heights, Lock­land, Madis­onville, Mt. Auburn, Mt. Wash­ing­ton, North Fair­mount, North­side, Oak­ley, Over-the-Rhine, Price Hill, South Cum­minsville, South Fair­mount, Wal­nut Hills, West­wood and Win­ton Place, among oth­ers.  For more infor­ma­tion, visit www.cincinnatihabitat.org.