Michigan Builder to Improve Housing in Urban Locale
Champion Homes has offered to donate the value of a new modular home to Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity as part of a joint effort to build more affordable homes in Cleveland.
“Champion Homes is committed to building high-quality, affordable homes using offsite construction,” Champion Homes President and CEO Tim Larson said. “The need is great, and Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity has been a fantastic collaborator as we work together to make homeownership a reality for more families.”
Local stakeholders attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 24 in Cleveland, during which tours were offered to experience the quality of construction and the home’s design aesthetics.
Seven more modular homes, also built by Champion Homes in collaboration with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity, will be available to tour on the same block.
Larson, along with Executive Vice President of Business Development Wade Lyall and Regional Director of Sales Steve Peel, attended the event with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity President and CEO John Litten.
“This home will help a local family build a stronger future,” said Litten. “Together with Champion Homes, we’re helping revitalize this neighborhood and changing people’s living situations for the better.”
Greater Cleveland Habitat will sell the home to a local family at no profit with an interest-free mortgage. The monthly housing payment will be no more than 30 percent of the homeowners’ monthly income.
The 1,493-square-foot home comes from Champion’s Strattanville, Pennsylvania, manufacturing facility. It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms, a covered front porch, ENERGY STAR® kitchen appliances, windows, and doors. Modular homes are built according to local, state, and regional building codes, typically on a faster schedule than site-built homes, and at a reduced cost.
There are 10 homes in the neighborhood near Grovewood Avenue and East 164th Street on the city’s northeast side that show Champion Homes’s history of work with Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. They include four modular homes on West 83rd Street and five others on Matherson Avenue, all built by Champion’s Sugarcreek, Ohio, manufacturing facility.
“Being able to put in 10 new houses at once changes a neighborhood,” Peel said. “That’s 10 new driveways, sidewalks, and garages. Because we’re able to build homes at a faster pace with offsite construction, we can quickly make a real difference in a neighborhood.”
Habitat for Humanity works to eliminate substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating, and preserving homes. It also advocates for fair and just housing policies, and provides training and access to resources to help families improve their living conditions. Greater Cleveland Habitat is one of 967 active Habitat affiliates across the country, and has served its community since 1987.
Champion Homes is a leading producer of factory-built housing in North America. It employs more than 9,000 people and operates 46 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and western Canada. The company has a portfolio of manufactured and modular homes, ADUs, park models, and modular buildings for the single-family, multi-family, and hospitality.
In addition to its core business, Champion Homes provides construction services to install and set up factory-built homes, operates a factory-direct retail business with 82 retail locations in the U.S., and operates Star Fleet Trucking, providing transportation services to the manufactured housing and other industries from several dispatch locations.
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