Indy Habitat breaks ground on 10-home affordable housing project

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Community leaders, alongside the Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity, broke ground on a new housing project on the city’s northeast side on Thursday.

The 10-home development at 46th Street and Millersville Road marks the nonprofit’s first “full-scale neighborhood” in 25 years. Plans call for two-story homes with either three or four bedrooms.

Last year, officials at Indy Habitat reported a record number of applications for its homeownership program.

President and CEO Jim Morris says there is an urgent need for affordable housing and this project will help address that need.

“The ceremony part’s exciting. What we’re more excited about is actually start moving dirt, the real dirt, to develop the property, put a street in. That’ll start this fall,” Morris said.

In 2024, the group also says it helped build 32 homes and repair 48 homes in central Indiana. It met its three-year goal of 300 homes built or repaired across locally and internationally.

2025 marked the start of a new three-year plan for the nonprofit. Between 2025 and 2027, organizers hope to help with 600 homes. The new neighborhood project fits into that plan, says Abri Hoechseler, VP for development at Greater Indianapolis Habitat for Humanity.

“This is an opportunity for us to diversify what we do and how we do it in order to serve more families. Ultimately, we are here to walk alongside families to become first-time homeowners, and projects like this allow us to expand the ways we do that,” Hoechseler explained.

Leaders say five homes will be completed next year. The last five homes will be move-in ready by 2027.

Visit Indy Habitat’s website to learn how to apply for a home or for more information about its resources.

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