Habitat for Humanity building new homes starting at $175,000
'Rising Oaks is our newest 150 home development that was a golf course that sat dormant for decades. So, it is changing something that was vacant and empty into 150 homes for working families,' said Alix Aucoin, New Orleans Habitat for Humanity director of development.
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No longer Plantation Estates Golf Course in Terrytown. Now off Behrman Highway, Habitat for Humanity is developing this new neighborhood.
Rising Oaks is a new affordable housing community where up to four-bedroom homes are being sold, and they range in price from $175,000 to $275,000.
'We're really targeting that working family who have been priced out of traditional mortgages, and the families that also don't qualify for government subsidies,' Aucoin said. 'This is for our first responders, firefighters, police officers, teachers, our service industry and nurses.'
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Aucoin said that all these new homes are built in the mid-century modern style.
'You'll notice the ceilings are vaulted to give it that bigger feel,' Aucoin said.
Habitat for Humanity said it will also be building a FitLot, fitness trails, playgrounds and a butterfly garden to add to the community feel of the new neighborhood.
Aucoin said all the homes in the neighborhood are being built to be hurricane-resilient.
'They have impact resistant doors and windows,' Aucoin said. 'They are fortified gold homes. The slabs are built on pilings, and they are built with insulation that will withstand the next storm.'
Typically, volunteers build the homes for Habitat for Humanity, but these homes are being built by contractors and construction workers.
If you'd like to apply for one of these homes, visit the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity website for more information.
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