Habitat Manitobas Transcona development welcomes residents [Video]

Fifteen families in Transcona received keys to their brand-new homes Wednesday, becoming the first residents to move into a new Habitat for Humanity Manitoba development.

Their new digs are in the Pandora Avenue West development, billed as the largest and most ambitious project Habitat for Humanity Manitoba has ever embarked on.

“It’s exciting to be celebrating the first homes. It will be even more exciting when all 55 have moved in in the next couple of years,” said Jamie Hall, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Manitoba.

They will have more neighbours in due time.

Another 40 families will move in by 2026 when the project is completed.

Fifty-five homes in total will be built at the development, housing about 275 people, including 175 children.

Prospective homeowners who wouldn’t qualify for a conventional mortgage purchased the affordable homes through Habitat for Humanity Manitoba with no down payment required.

The organization also provided a mortgage that removed the barriers to …