Second Habitat Home Opens in Lakewood

The second Habitat for Humanity home ever built in Lakewood opened its doors to a new family on Saturday.

The organization marked the opening of the Lakewood Avenue home with a special ceremony, with volunteers and city officials in attendance. 

Our news partners at NewsNet 5 reported that also attending the event was the Simmons family — the new home’s occupants.

The project at 1549 Lakewood Avenue began in August 2012. The home, sitting at the corner of Lakewood Avenue and Franklin Boulevard, sits at the site of a former apartment complex deemed a “nuisance” by the city and demolished in August 2011. 

Habitat partnered with the city, Wells Fargo, Neighborhood Housing Services and First Federal of Lakewood to build the home.

Earlier this year, the city cut the ribbon on the new home at 2070 Dowd Avenue — the first Habitat house built in Lakewood. 

These aren’t your mother’s Habitat for Humanity homes. 

Both of the new Habitat homes are energy efficient and built with materials that “blend in” with their respective neighborhoods.