As part of their historic Midtown 100 initiative, Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity is transforming the 2000 block of North 30th street from a large vacant lot into a row of brand new affordable homes. More than 400 volunteers were on site the second week of September to completely frame four new homes thanks to support from Komatsu, a global company with subsidiary headquarters in Milwaukee.
The heavy equipment and technology company, who next year will mark 135 years of doing business in Milwaukee, is sponsoring two of the four homes being framed. Komatsu employees will make up nearly half of the volunteers who will be working alongside future homeowners raising the walls of these homes.
These are the 20th and 21st homes Komatsu has built in partnership with Milwaukee Habitat, a partnership that has now exceeded $1.4 million in financial support and 7600 employee volunteer hours since 2011.
Milwaukee Habitat’s Midtown 100 initiative to build, rehab and repair 100 homes over the next three years will create the highest concentration of affordable single-family homes built in Milwaukee since World War II.
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