Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity kicked off the construction of two new houses on Saturday in Avondale, and dedicated a completed house in Price Hill on Sunday.
Habitat is teaming up with the Eastside Coalition of Churches and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to build two new homes at with Jonathan and Ashley Cephas and their two children, and at 3458 Hallwood Place with Casandra Engleman and her two sons.
Both constructed in the Blair style, these will be the 31st and 32nd builds for Eastside, Habitat's oldest building group; 3454 Hallwood Place will be the sixth Habitat build for Thrivent.
On Sunday, Habitat celebrated the completion of its build at in Price Hill.
Cincinnati Christian University (CCU), the Citi Foundation, and the Westfed Coalition of Churches built the new house with and for new homeowners Te'Anna and Curtis Jones III and their four children.
Habitat sold the house to the Jones family with a 0 percent, 20-year, interest-free mortgage, making their monthly mortgage payment approximately $400.
The family was previously paying $475 per month for a two-bedroom home that didn't provide enough space for their growing family.
Curtis Jones works as a supervisor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and also works part-time at Arby's.
Located within a block of CCU's campus, the university bought the blighted house that used to occupy the property and razed it, then students, faculty and staff helped build the new house.
In a further demonstration of the university's commitment to the neighborhood, CCU president David Faust recently had his own house built a few doors down from the Habitat site.
The house is the 21st built by Westfed and the third house that Citi has helped to fund.
Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity has built over 150 homes in 21 Cincinnati neighborhoods.
In 2009, Habitat is building 11 houses throughout the area.
Photo: Cincinnati Christian University president Dr. David Faust had a chance to meet and welcome new homeowners Curtis and Te'anna Jones and their children at Cincinnati Habitat's construction kickoff last summer. The construction is now complete and the home was dedicated April 5. Courtesy of Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity.
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Cincinnati Habitat begins two houses, dedicates another
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The house by CCU is actually a different lot than the one that was razed in January. That lot is still empty, although clean and seeded. This one had been another eyesore on the street... it hadn't been mowed, was collecting trash, etc.
The Habitat folks did an amazing job, and the house looks great and fits right into the feel of the street. Between those two properties, CCU has really helped the neighborhood feel safer and stronger. As a resident, I'm really thankful for CCU's investment in this part of Price Hill!
Thanks for the clarification, Micah. Did you catch the article about the build in the Price Hill Press?
I didn't... how can I find it?
Never mind, I found it... and subscribed to the RSS feed. I love technology.
I couldn't live without RSS feeds!
Two more in Avondale - what a surprise!
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