They Shall Build Houses! With Chad Martin, Chestnut Housing

Chad Martin, Exec. Director of Chestnut Housing, speaks and takes questions about housing in Lancaster City. Refreshments included.

Chad will describe one way his group is doing addressing our housing squeeze: Building more units to take pressure off the market and to move our most vulnerable neighbors into safe, affordable shelters, homes they can call their own.

He will bring us stories of those who are no longer daily threatened by homelessness and will take your questions.

The event is open to the public, and seating is limited.

Sponsored by the Lancaster Good Neighbor Project

Over ten years ago, some friends at East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church wondered, “Should we just buy a house?” They had been serving neighbors in the city of Lancaster for years, and this step seemed big. It also seemed like a start at creating housing access for folks who struggled to get a leg up.

Today, Chestnut Housing is a non-profit with a vision to create 100 homes (mostly high quality rental units) by 2028. They’re on target, and Chad will give us the latest stats.

For instance in 2022 they raised over $400,000 and an additional $1.1 million in public funding committed to their Milburn Apartments project.