About Us
Strengthening housing stability together.
HomeWoven plays a vital role in strengthening the Omaha metro area’s housing stability by providing critical home repairs, accessibility modifications and affordable homeownership opportunities for hardworking families, older adults and immigrant and refugee homeowners with low to moderate incomes. Through our programs, we help residents remain safely and independently in their homes while revitalizing neighborhoods across the metro. Our work preserves generational wealth, promotes equity and builds stronger, more resilient communities.
Our Mission
Revitalizing neighborhoods where individuals and families thrive for generations.
Our Values
Solidarity
Integrity
Commitment
Understanding
Ingenuity
Our Impact
At HomeWoven, our impact is measured by the lives that directly benefit from the homes we preserve and the neighborhoods we reinvigorate. Each year, we complete hundreds of home repairs, accessibility modifications and new construction projects for low- to moderate-income homeowners—primarily older adults and immigrant and refugee families—across the Omaha metro. Our programs promote safety, independence and generational wealth while addressing the region’s most urgent housing needs.
Our Team
Meet the people who drive our mission forward every day. With deep roots in the community and decades of combined experience in housing, nonprofit leadership, and service delivery, our passionate team is committed to making sustainable homeownership a reality. Our dedicated Board of Directors provides strategic leadership, financial oversight and mission-driven guidance to ensure HomeWoven remains a trusted and effective force for housing equity in the Omaha metro area.
FAQ
Curious about how HomeWoven supports our community or how you can get involved? You're not alone. We keep track of the most common questions we receive. Our FAQ is here to provide clear, helpful answers whether you're looking to lend a hand or in need of support.
Our History
Our history is rooted in community, compassion and construction. For three decades, HomeWoven has evolved from a small volunteer initiative into a leading nonprofit dedicated to preserving and creating affordable housing across the Omaha metro. Explore how we’ve grown—through name changes, expanded services and strategic partnerships. Over the past 30 years, we’ve helped more than 2,500 older adults and their families remain safely and independently in their homes.
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With a longstanding legacy of service, we started in 1995 as Christmas in April Omaha. Armed with a modest $5,000 budget and a mission to help five families, our founders completed critical home repairs to create safer home environments. That early spirit of solidarity and hands-on service laid the foundation for decades of impact.
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In 2002, we changed our name to Rebuilding Together Omaha to align with the national Rebuilding Together network, through which we learned, grew and deepened our home repair expertise over the next 16 years.
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By 2017, strategic planning by our Board of Directors revealed that Omaha's housing needs and our organization required a new model.
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In February 2018, we reintroduced ourselves to the community as Project Houseworks, expanding our staff and programs to better respond to the growing demand for safe, stable housing.
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In 2019, we launched efforts to purchase, rehab and resell single-family homes, creating pathways to homeownership for low-income families while revitalizing neighborhoods.
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Building on that success, we officially established our Home Affordability Program in 2021 to increase access to affordable homeownership and address Omaha’s critical housing shortage.
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Now, we are continuing our work as HomeWoven. Our programs have expanded to include construction efforts while continuing to lead long-standing programs that support older adults, immigrants and refugees.
Today, we are proud to be a member of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands (NAM), the Greater Omaha Chamber and Sarpy County Chamber. These partnerships reflect our commitment to professional excellence, community collaboration and long-term impact.