400-Home Initiative

The Initiative aims to build 100 new homes, rehabilitate 50 existing homes and repair or enhance 250 additional homes in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. We aim to generate housing stability and wealth creation for our area’s underserved populations and is being done in partnership with the Cuyahoga Land Bank.

With a timeline that runs from 2023 to 2027, the $33 million initiative aims to build 100 new homes, rehabilitate 50 existing homes and repair or enhance 250 additional homes in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties. The initiative’s mission is to generate housing stability and wealth creation for our area’s underserved populations and is being done in partnership with the Cuyahoga Land Bank. 

Things to know:

Over the course of the next three years, Greater Cleveland Habitat will be working in Wards 2 (Mount Pleasant), 4 (Buckeye Woodhill), 8 (Collinwood), 11 (West Boulevard) and 15 (Detroit-Shoreway) to build, rehabilitate and repair homes. New homes will be sold at appraised value with a 0% interest mortgage.

Earlier in the summer OF 2023, Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity hosted its 2023 Walk/ Run/Mosey 5K and 1-Mile Walk fundraiser at Edgewater Park to support its mission to expand affordable home ownership in Cleveland’s Buckeye neighborhood.

Watch Highlights of Greater Cleveland Habitat 400 Home Initiative Launch

Crestwood Avenue in Cleveland was the site of the groundbreaking ceremony for the launch of the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity’s 400 Home Initiative.