Habitat for Humanity Springfield

In the 2010s, the homeownership rate in Missouri’s third-largest city collapsed by 17 percentage points. Today, Springfield homeownership has recovered a bit, but it still doesn’t form a majority of city residents — as it once did. Now, the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity is breaking ground on a project to address housing.

Paintings depicting nature and peace now decorate a once bland slab of concrete on Springfield’s north side.Around 40 volunteers gathered in the city’s…

Roughly 40 volunteers helped paint various parts of Bowerman Elementary School Saturday morning. The project is part of Habitat for Humanity’s ongoing…