2025 was a record-breaking build year for Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity!
Through a series of partnerships and creative collaborations, we were able to triple the impact of a typical build season. A total of 15 homeowners and their families moved off our waiting list and into their newly purchased homes!
Junction Build Homes
Our first series of homes was a major milestone that was almost ten years in the making.
In 2018, residents of the Junction neighborhood, led by the Junction Coalition and Toledo Design Collective, came together and created a plan for the future of their neighborhood. As more abandoned homes were demolished, new home construction became a major part of these revitalization efforts. To partner in this work, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity has built eight new homes on the streets of Belmont, Lucas, and Vance.
“The first Habitat home built in this development appraised and sold for $62,000. Three years later and just one street over, the last two will be sold for $135,000. This is proof positive that creating resident driven plans, concentrating revitalization efforts, and long-term investment changes neighborhoods.” says Executive Director, Erin McPartland.
A huge thank you to key partners like Miller Diversified, ProMedica, Owens Corning, Lucas County Land Bank, Representative Marcy Kaptur’s office, the City of Toledo, and the Ohio Department of Development for making these eight homes possible.
Land Bank Homes
Our second series of homes was built with an old partner in a new way!
This partnership brought together the unique specialties of each organization. Lucas County Land Bank received funds through the Welcome Home Ohio program that was made possible through the State of Ohio’s recent biennial budget and additional investments. These funds were used by Lucas County Land Bank to purchase and rehab five homes, while Maumee Valley Habitat provided a 0% interest loan to qualified Habitat program participants who completed homeownership education courses.
These builds embodied the power of creativity and collaboration. By bringing together existing programs and services, five additional homeowners have a safe, decent, and affordable place to live.
Volunteer Builds
It wouldn’t be a Habitat build season without our five volunteer builds!
Individuals and groups from across Lucas County came together to build homes for five homeowners and their families. Led by our site supervisors Jon L., Jon S., and Mike, volunteers learned new skills that they can take with them into their homeownership journeys!
If you volunteered with us for the first time, thank you for trying something new and making a difference! If you were a returning volunteer, thank you for your commitment to building homes and hope!
