Just a week before Christmas, the home-building process officially began for five homes that will soon be dedicated to veterans and military-connected families in Northwest Jacksonville.

A proposed plan to tear down a YMCA campus in a Jacksonville neighborhood to make way for an affordable housing complex is getting some pushback from area residents.

Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville (HabiJax) is appealing to the mayor and city council members to secure more donated land through the city’s Property Surplus Donation Program.

A special home dedication celebration was held Friday morning in Murray Hill for a woman who thought she would never be able to buy a house.

A military hero will soon be moving into the house she just bought with the help of Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville (HabiJax).

The newly refurbished Wesconnett Park was revealed Saturday morning at a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

With a prayer and appreciation all around, a veteran of the National Guard became the newest HabiJax homeowner Friday.

Construction is underway for a new housing community on Jacksonville’s Westside, featuring 50 tiny homes. RELATED: HabiJax to build tiny houses in LackawannaHabitat for Humanity of Jacksonville, also known as HabiJax, and the Northeast Florida Builders Association are heading this project. Other builders participating in this project include Dream Finders Homes, Dostie Homes, Encore Homes of North Florida, New Atlantic Builders, Providence Homes by Bill Cellar, Pulte Group, and TerraWise Homes. The community is made possible by a grant from the Delores Barr Weaver HabiJax Tiny House Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida. Walker said this new project is bringing attention to the affordable housing crisis in Duval County.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville Inc., also known as HabiJax, announced plans to build its first community of tiny houses. The 50, 500-square-foot houses will be on Navaho Avenue in Jacksonville’s Lackawanna neighborhood. The community is funded by the Delores Barr Weaver HabiJax Tiny House Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida as part of her vision to create a new era of affordable housing in Jacksonville. “I have long been intrigued by tiny houses and glad this concept will answer one piece of the affordable housing crisis Jacksonville faces. “HabiJax is thrilled to be a part of this amazing new venture,” said Mary Kay O’Rourke of HabiJax.