Georgetown Edition | July 2022

NEWS REPORT Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County moves forwardwithaordabletownhousecommunity

2022 REAL ESTATE EDITION

Shepherd’s Village in Georgetown will include 12 condominium townhomes. A HABITAT HOUSE The HFHWC uses volunteers to build aordable housing. Number of townhomes: 12 RENDERING COURTESY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY

BY CHLOE YOUNG

Capital Bank, and around $125,000 in individual donations, Vommaro said. “We’re very, very thankful for our donors and our supporters who’ve stepped up to this project,” Homan said. “We can’t do this without literal community.” After Georgetown installs water and wastewater lines later this year, the HFHWC plans to begin the rst six foundations in spring 2023. Licensed contractors will do engineering, electricity and plumbing work, while volunteers will help with the homes’ framing, painting and interior, Vommaro said. In September, the HFHWC will host its rst informational meeting for potential homeowners. Eligible households must make between 60%- 80% of the area median income, have lived or worked in Williamson County for at least one year and be willing to complete 300-500 volunteer hours.

sold on the open market. “It’s a little bit dierent for us, but it really does address the long-term need of aordable property here,” Homan said. Shepherd’s Village will include 10 two-story and two one-story homes with two to three bedrooms. All homes will come with a single car garage, fenced backyard and driveway. The entire development is expected to take three to four years to complete and cost between $2.5 mil- lion-$3 million, said Nicole Vommaro, HFHWC director of development and marketing. In February, the HFHWC began fundraising to build three foundations for the rst six homes with a goal of $200,000 by June 30. As of June 24, the group had raised about $165,500, with two $20,000 grants from Georgetown women’s philanthropic group Seeds of Strength and Texas

Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County is continuing to make progress on an aordable townhouse commu- nity coming to southeast Georgetown. In 2020, the housing nonprot purchased a 1-acre lot between 21st and 22nd streets to build a community of 12 townhomes known as Shepherd’s Village. Shepherd’s Village is the rst condominium neighborhood built by the HFHWC, Executive Director Debbie Homan said. “For this development, we’re going to make it so that … the land will be held by Habitat for the foreseeable future, if not forever, and that ... if the families want to sell and move elsewhere, those homes would be sold to other qualied families in need of aordable housing,” Homan said. While the HFHWC builds aord- able homes, Homan said that aordability gets lost once they are

Number of bedrooms: 2-3

Sq. ft. per home: 1,100-1,400 Cost to build each home: $150,000

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