Habitat for Humanity Builds Six New Homes in Des Moines

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By Jessica Dietzman

Habitat for Humanity builds six new homes in Des Moines

Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity volunteers are constructing six homes in the Pope Leo Village development as part of a nationwide "blitz build" initiative.

Habitat launches 'blitz build' in Des Moines with hundreds of volunteers

Construction is getting underway today (Tuesday) on a four-day volunteer project in central Iowa that will eventually become homes for six families in three side-by-side-by-side Tudor-style duplexes. Danny Akright (ACK-rite), spokesman for Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity, says an anonymous donor who put up the seed money for the project wanted to honor Pope Leo, the first American to head of the Catholic Church. Most Habitat projects are…