Habitat Homestead house featured on Brown County home tour to showcase affordable housing

BROWN COUNTY (WLUK) -- From Howard and Suamico to Hobart, Rockland and De Pere, nearly 40 Brown County homes are going on display this weekend -- and one is making history.

The Brown County Home Builders Association is hosting its annual fall showcase of homes. All 37 on the tour are new construction, but one is an entirely new concept.

Home #33, at 940 Ricky Drive, is a Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity home in the newly constructed Habitat Homestead...

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Leo’s notes: At 940 Ricky Drive in Green Bay’s new Habitat Homestead, the modest, 1,200-square-foot home demonstrates that affordability and quality can go hand in hand. With 13 homes planned, this development shows how community partnerships and volunteers can directly tackle the shortage of low- to moderate-income housing. By featuring Habitat in the same spotlight as market-rate homes, the Showcase reinforces a critical truth: attainable housing belongs at the center of our housing conversation.