Acts Housing
Buy a Home, Build a Community
The families Acts has helped achieve homeownership have amazing stories! You may read some of them here.
Purchasing a home is no simple feat, even for families with greater financial resources. For large families with no homeownership history and limited financial means, home ownership can seem like an elusive dream.
Through an array of services, Acts annually assists 100 modest income families to become new homeowners in Milwaukee’s central city neighborhoods. The families we serve are racially and ethnically diverse. Some have lived in Milwaukee all their lives, some come from other countries.
We invite you to meet some of the families we have assisted in making the dream of homeownership a reality.
Maria always wanted a big, spacious sun-filled kitchen. She knew she wanted it painted yellow with lots of plants in the window sills to remind her of her native country of Honduras. Her dream kitchen …
Continue Reading about The Hernandez Family- Revitalizing Neighborhoods, One House at a Time. →
After 17 years of dreaming of owning a home of her own, Yadira Ordoñez almost gave up. Until her brother became an Acts homeowner himself and encouraged her to follow his footsteps. At first, she …
Continue Reading about The Ordonez Family- A Mom and Her Boys! →
After 7 years of living in the same cramped duplex apartment, Margarita and Alfonso Chavez decided to take a leap of faith and became homeowners. Something they never thought possible! A …
Continue Reading about The Chavez Family- From a Dream to Reality! →
Candida Cuevas loves her rowdy home. With six kids, fifteen grandkids, and one more on the way, family gatherings are loud, crowded, and full of love. In her old neighborhood, these events caused …
James Trinidad’s main objective was to find a safe environment for him and his family when searching for his perfect home. Thankfully, with Acts’ support, he was able to achieve that. “The difference …
Christina Patterson and her two boys were living in a shelter just a few years ago. Through Christina’s incredible courage and determination, and with support from Acts Housing, she closed on her …
Continue Reading about Christina and Her Boys’ Dream Come True! →
We are pledged to the letter and spirit of the U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation. We encourage and support an affirmative advertising and marketing program in which there are no barriers to obtaining housing because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.
