The Ohio House and Senate have officially passed the state's new two-year operating budget and sent it to the governor.
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Pictured: A home with a red winter hat and red scarf. Winterizing a house concept.
The Lima Community Improvement Corporation (LCIC) held a public open house Monday. Monday's open house gave the public an opportunity to LCIC Executive Director, Marcie Barlow, along with board members. Also, residents learned more about the corporation's mission to bring more family owned residential properties by rehabilitating existing homes in addition to infilling vacant land parcels in the city. Recently, the LCIC received a grant to help fulfill this mission.
Two Findlay families are closer than ever to making their homeowner dreams a reality! Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County raised the walls for homes number 60 and 61 for the Butler and McMaster Families. The walls raised will eventually become 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom, 1100-square foot houses that will be constructed in just 10 weeks. At the ceremony, we talked with the McMaster Family about the excitement and emotions they are feeling of seeing their home being built.
July 27, 2024, Press Release from the Swiss Community Historical Society: The Swiss Community Historical Society of Bluffton and Pandora will hold its final Second Saturday event of the summer on August 10, at the Schumacher Homestead, located at 8350 Bixel Road, Bluffton. Open hours are between 1-4 p.m. Visitors are especially invited to tour the garden. This year marks the second season that the garden has been ably cared for by committee members Becki Ahmed, Joyce Suter, and Nancy Yeager, assisted by their husbands and a few friends. There will be docents available to point out and discuss the plants used by the early settlers, including the labeled herbs and broom corn.
The lives of one Findlay family have changed forever as they now have a permanent place to call their home. Talisha Balicki and her two daughters were joined by Findlay community members as they receive their keys and got to show off their brand new house. The 3-bedroom 1-bathroom house was constructed in just 10 weeks by Habitat for Humanity of Findlay/Hancock County and was the first home to be built this year. Once Talisha opened the front door, we went inside to talk with her about what it feels to now have their own home to establish their roots.
Close up shot of a kitchen faucet filling a glass of fresh water.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Local real estate experts gave a class on what to do, not do, and know before buying your first home.
The non-profit explained to attending families the criteria that would need to be achieved to possibly receive a zero percent interest mortgage loan to build the foundation to becoming a homeowner. Those three criteria include a need for a new home if one currently lives in sub-standard housing that resulted in people paying more than thirty percent of their income for housing costs. They also must fall within the required income ranges while demonstrating an ability to pay, and have a willingness to help with other Habitat for Humanity projects or inside the Re-Store. They say this program is important for Allen County as dozens of families have already received new homes.