“I can do all things through Christ” is a familiar Bible phrase, although solving the housing shortage in Leelanau County constitutes some heavy lifting.
Still, Habitat for Humanity, a faith-based organization, is making inroads. Its construction workforce, which includes volunteers, has just completed the sixth and final housing unit in Maple City Crossings, and the crew is fast at work on three start-up homes out of 14 housing units platted out in the New Waves Community near the intersection of M-72 and Bugai Road.
The homes are helping. “Without Habitat, I would have probably moved back downstate,” said Michael Urbano, transportation director for Suttons Bay Public School,. “My friend was great, letting me stay for three years, but I needed a place to live.”
