A My Habitat Home in Springfield Township is still about $25,000 short, but a local donor has stepped up and offered to match donations through the end of December.
Julie Nemeth said the future homeowner, Shannon Chatman, needs a boost to provide her family a home.
‘She is doing everything right in her life and she just needs a boost,? Nemeth said.
Chatman thanked the community for all they have done for her and her family so far.
‘It has just been incredible,? she said.
Chatman, a veteran of the United States Army and Army National Guard, earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology, and works as a social worker at Bethany Christian Services in Madision Heights. Chatman and her three children will be moving into the home when it is completed.
Chatman said she plans to work towards earning a master’s degree and is starting a fund for her children to go to college.
The build is budgeted at $130,000 for the purchase of the land and all the materials for construction from the ground up.
In October, country superstar duo Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard from the band Florida Georgia Line came out in October to help lift the first wall of the home.
For more information, visit www.habitatoakland.org or to donate, call 248-338-1843.