Woven Into the Community: The Story Behind HomeWoven
Every neighborhood is made up of stories: families who have lived in the same home for decades, older adults who prefer to stay safely where their memories live, recent home buyers building roots in a new neighborhood. HomeWoven exists to make sure those stories continue throughout the Omaha metropolitan area.
Our Mission
HomeWoven's mission is straightforward: Revitalizing neighborhoods where individuals and families thrive for generations. We believe that a safe, stable home is not a luxury. It's the foundation on which everything else is built.
30 Years in the Making
HomeWoven started with just five families and $5,000. In 1995, a group of volunteers launched Christmas in April Omaha, completing critical home repairs to create safer living environments for a handful of families in the Omaha metro. The spirit that inspired our founding, neighbors showing up for neighbors, has never left the organization.
Over the next three decades, we grew our impact exponentially. By 2018, we expanded our staff and programs, reintroducing ourselves as Project Houseworks. We launched our Home Affordability Program in 2021 to address Omaha's growing homeownership gap.
In 2025, following a capital campaign that spanned two years and raised $4.5 million, we moved into our newly renovated space and took on a new name that reflects who we are and what we do: HomeWoven. Clients and visitors are welcome in our accessible headquarters located in South Omaha and includes a community space that can be reserved by local organizations. Today, we've helped more than 2,500 adults and their families remain safely and independently in their homes.
What We Do
Our work is organized around three program areas, each addressing a different dimension of housing stability.
Home Preservation is our longest-standing program. Through services like Aging in Place, Immigrant and Refugee Home Repair and Greenlining Home Improvement, we provide no-cost essential repairs, accessibility modifications and safety upgrades to low-income homeowners who need them most. This means grab bars and bathroom conversions for older adults who wants to stay in their home. It means repairs for families new to our community that face barriers in accessing support. It means directly addressing the disinvestment that some neighborhoods in Omaha have faced for generations.
Our Home Affordability program creates new pathways to homeownership. We purchase, rehabilitate and sell homes at affordable prices and now, build new homes priced for first-time homeowners. For many first-generation home buyers, this program is the difference between renting indefinitely and owning a piece of the neighborhood they call home.
Workforce Development prepares us for our future. Through internships in both construction management and administration, we train the next generation of skilled professionals, investing in people, not just properties.
Community in Action
Our work doesn't only happen inside homes. Each year, events like Brush Up, our largest annual volunteer event, bring hundreds of community members together to paint and restore the exteriors of homes across our communities. Our seasonal Warm the Metro and Cool the Metro initiatives provide free furnace and air conditioner servicing to those who meet the qualifications.
How to Support Our Work
When you support HomeWoven, you're helping older adults stay in the home where they’ve created memories. You're helping a first-time homeowner build generational wealth. You're helping interns begin productive careers.
There are many ways to get involved, through donations, volunteering, sponsorships and more. Every dollar and every hour contribute to a stronger, more connected Omaha metro.