Each home has a full basement with energy-saving furnace and water heater. No air conditioning. Signs in front list each new home's sponsor. Ground hasn't been broken yet for a home that is being sponsored by Detroit Piston Grant Hill. That covers the cost of materials.
Labor is donated.
Colaianne, an Eastern Michigan University graduate who previously worked for that university and for Cranbrook Educational Community, serves on the local Habitat for Humanity's board of directors. Manoogian, the Armenian immigrant who donated the Manoogian Mansion to the city of Detroit, launched the company with the Dishmaster-brand kitchen faucet. The firm is now run by his son, Richard Manoogian. This home is sponsored by Ameritech. Martin Braun believes.