Early Childhood Educator Homes

Community Development Alliance (CDA) and Milwaukee Local Initiatives Support Corporation

LOCATION:

Milwaukee, WI

Amani + Harambee

PROJECT SIZE:

~4.2M

New Construction | Residential | Affordable Housing

The project was an early effort in a larger local effort to build 100 affordable homes annually, eventually totaling 3,000 homes, on vacant city-owned lots in Milwaukee. The project was a collaboration between Milwaukee's Community Development Alliance (CDA) and the Local Initiatives Support Corp. Milwaukee (LISC Milwaukee). The homes sold for approximately $105,000 to Black and Latino families who make between $12 and $24 per hour. Envision Growth developed the homes close to COA Youth & Family Center and Malaika Early Learning Center. Each house features three bedrooms and one bathroom, and was partially funded by grants from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development through the American Rescue Plan Act. The early childhood education centers are easily accessible by foot from the newly constructed homes.

For the project, KPH Construction served as the construction JV partner and Van Cleave Architecture + Design LLC as architect for the homes in Amani, while Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity served as the construction partner for the homes in Harambee.