Save The Date For MHO’s House Warming Party – November 20th
This year’s House Warming Party will be held at Celine and Company on Broadway, on Thursday, November 20th, so save the date! MHO’s House Warming Party is our biggest fundraiser of the year. It’s our...
View ArticleMHO Breaks Ground For Mars Hill Commons Apartments
Mars Hill is getting affordable housing and they are very excited about it! On July 23rd, MHO staff, elected officials and invited guests, grabbed golden shovels and pitched the first dirt for the...
View ArticleMars Hill Commons Information Session: November 18th
There will be an information session about Mars Hill Commons Apartments on Tuesday, November 18th, from 4-7pm at the Mars Hill Town Hall at 280 N. Main Street.
View ArticleHistoric Businesses on “The Block” to be Honored in Eagle Market Place...
Mountain Housing Opportunities and Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation are honoring past businesses on “The Block” by naming each of the 62 apartments in the new Eagle Market Place after one...
View ArticleSave The Date – MHO 2015 House Warming Party & Grand Opening
Save the date for Thursday, December 3rd! Presented by Home Trust Bank, MHO and Schaumber Development invite you to this year’s House Warming Party to come help us celebrate the Grand Opening of The...
View ArticleMHO Builds Community for all Asheville residents with Educational Grants
Mary Spradlin, a resident of The Larchmont Apartments in Asheville receives a David T. Peet Educational Grant through our partner CAHEC! From CAHEC’s October newsletter… “It was during the application...
View ArticleMountain Housing Opportunities Recognized as NeighborWorks Green Organization
Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) in Asheville has been recognized as a NeighborWorks Green Organization for its comprehensive commitment to sustainable operations. To achieve this designation, MHO...
View ArticleHi-Wire Brewing MHO Community Night
Come out to Hi-Wire Brewing’s South Slope Specialty Brewery (two locations) on Thursday, November 5th, to support MHO. Fifteen percent of bar sales from 4:00-11:00 will be donated to help support the...
View ArticleMHO Builds Community for all Asheville residents with Educational Grants
Mary Spradlin, a resident of The Larchmont Apartments in Asheville receives a David T. Peet Educational Grant through our partner CAHEC! From CAHEC’s October newsletter… “It was during the application...
View ArticleMountain Housing Opportunities Recognized as NeighborWorks Green Organization
Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) in Asheville has been recognized as a NeighborWorks Green Organization for its comprehensive commitment to sustainable operations. To achieve this designation, MHO...
View ArticleHi-Wire Brewing MHO Community Night
EVENT: Thursday, November 5th TIME: 4 – 11pm Come out to Hi-Wire Brewing’s South Slope Specialty Brewery (two locations) on Thursday, November 5th, to support MHO. Fifteen percent of bar sales from...
View ArticleMHO Hires Two in Expansion of Affordable Housing Production
Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) is pleased to announce the hiring of two professional employees who will help to lead the expansion of MHO’s affordable housing and community development work....
View ArticleMHO Celebrates 22nd Annual Ramp Festival
For the past 22 years, Mountain Housing Opportunities and volunteers from the community have spent several weekends in late spring building wheelchair ramps for low income people in Asheville and...
View ArticleBike & Build Cyclists Volunteer With Mountain Housing Opportunities
Cyclists from the Bike & Build (www.bikeandbuild.org) organization recently volunteered their skills at Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) Self-Help Homeownership homes in Swannanoa. Part of the...
View ArticleStorytelling in Asheville, North Carolina
Stacey Epperson I recently traveled to Asheville to interview a family who had purchased a home through a Next Step member and I was reminded of how much I love the Appalachian Mountains. I might...
View ArticleMeet Katrin Metz – Our MHO Resident Spotlight
My adopted hometown of Asheville, NC, is physically beautiful, politically progressive, and socially aware. It’s a rare occasion that I don’t bump into friends and acquaintances several times a day at...
View ArticleMcKibbon Announces $1 Million Loan to MHO for Eagle Market Place Apartments
ASHVEGAS – POSTED BY: JASON SANDFORD SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 Asheville hotelier John McKibbon on Wednesday announced that his foundation had approved a $1 million, interest-free loan to Mountain Housing...
View ArticleSave The Date! MHO 2016 Housewarming Party – November 16th
Save the Date for this year’s Housewarming Party! It’s Wednesday, November 16th, from 6:30-9pm. Enjoy great food, beer and wine, and learn more about MHO and our services. Then dance the night away...
View Article“I think it takes a village. It’s such a cliche, but it’s the truth.”
By Beth Walton Asheville Citizen Times – October 30, 2016 – WEAVERVILLE Rebecca Kingston once felt safe in the belief she would live as her parents did. She’d get married, have children and enjoy a...
View ArticleMountain Causes: Building a Home With MHO
by Beth Walton, bwalton@citizen-times.com, Asheville Citizen Times Reporter Beth Walton works with Amanda Ellsworth on her new home in Swannanoa, Ellsworth and her husband, Cory Artrip, are taking part...
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