June 9^th was a day filled with excitement and anticipation for San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity and the City of Glendale!  Expressing their appreciation for and confidence in affordable housing built by the local affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, Glendale’s Housing Authority took unanimous action to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity to build five homes at 624-630 Geneva Street.  During the next 14 months, City and SGV Habitat for Humanity will develop the details of a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) that will advance the project to DDA approvals, entitlements, fundraising and groundbreaking.  Cash in the amount of $600,000 must be raised, and gifts-in-kind of building materials and pro bono services must be secured so that five more deserving, low-income families who live and/or work in Glendale will achieve the dream of homeownership.

The Geneva Homes will be the seventh development built in partnership with the Glendale Housing Authority. This will be SGV Habitat for Humanity’s first “green” build.

To date, 18 SGV Habitat homes have been completed in Glendale, and 11 more are nearing completion.  The five Geneva Homes will bring the total number of Habitat homes in Glendale to 34.  The Geneva Homes are the second high-density development SGV Habitat for Humanity will build in Glendale. City of Glendale requires that these homes be townhouse style to maximize City’s investment in the land for affordable housing. The homes will be two-story, 1250 square feet condominiums with common walls, 1 1/2 baths and a two-car garage for each home.

YOUR help is needed to raise the funds that will build the new Geneva homes.  The Geneva Campaign target is $600,000.  Ground will be broken when the benchmark amount of $400,000 has been raised, and fundraising will continue until the full cash amount is on hand to complete the homes.  Glendale’s own Elaine Wilkerson has agreed to chair the Geneva Campaign.  She shared her passion for the work of SGV Habitat for Humanity, “This seventh project in Glendale provides housing for young families that are a part of our community. I hope Glendale continues to support new housing that we can be proud of.”

“There’s no place like home,” Dorothy observed in The Wizard of Oz.  Those of us who own a safe and decent home often take it for granted.  But many children and their families, in Glendale and throughout the San Gabriel Valley, have never experienced a stable, decent place to call home.

Please click “Donate Now” on this web page to help a family, for the first time in their lives, to say, “There’s no place like home!”