Construction of the first five of eight new single-family homes being built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento in partnership with the City of City Heights at 7795 Sayonara Drive continues to move toward completion with work crews and volunteers finishing interior sheetrock and exterior trim details in the first phase units. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento has partnered with the City of City Heights

CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA (MPG) - Construction of the first five of eight new single-family homes being built by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento at 7795 Sayonara Drive is moving toward completion with work crews and volunteers finishing interior sheetrock and exterior trim details in the first phase units. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento has partnered with the City of City Heights

On Aug. 15, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento President and CEO Leah Miller welcomed civic leaders, sponsors, new Habitat homeowners and guests to the official wall-raising celebration. Miller invited them to sign the wood-frame walls they would soon raise and write personal messages of hope and encouragement to the new residents who will soon live their home ownership dream.

Those messages are now sealed in the completed walls, windows and exterior doors which now look like the completed homes which they will soon be.

The Citrus Heights Messenger visited the job site on a recent Saturday to see how the project was progressing and to ask how interested volunteers can become actively involved in the construction process.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento construction crew members busily overseeing the work of a large group of volunteers who gathered that Saturday morning said they welcome additional help and encourage skilled and unskilled volunteers to contact Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento for more information.

 Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento construction crew members said they welcome additional help and encourage skilled and unskilled volunteers to contact Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento to register to work at the job site.

The Sayonara Drive project in Citrus Heights is Habitat for Humanity of Sacramento’s largest project to date, Miller said. Completion of all 26 residential units is scheduled for 2027. The application round for the second phase of single-family homes has now closed and applications for the third phase will open soon, according to a Habitat representative.

The volunteer registration process must be done through the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento and not at the job site.

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento will host a free, one-hour required HabiTour Zoom presentation for prospective volunteers from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10 for those who are interested in working at the Sayonara Drive job site. Interested volunteers should visit online habitatgreatersac.org/volunteer or go to habitatgreatersac.org/events/virtual-habitat-volunteer-orientation-december-2025 to register for the upcoming orientation Zoom session.

After attending a HabiTour, new volunteers, age 16 and older, can then browse and register for available volunteer days through their VolunteerHub profile.

During the upcoming World Interfaith Harmony Week, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento will also host a multi-day volunteer “Build for Unit” event. The event will bring together more than 200 volunteers from diverse faiths and backgrounds to build homes, communities and hope to help build and preserve affordable housing for local low-income families, seniors and veterans.

Planned event dates are Jan. 31, Feb. 6 and Feb. 7. For more information, email Kathy Severson at [email protected] or call her at 916-440-1215, extension 1122.

Habitat for Humanity Greater Sacramento will fill the 12 vacant city-owned lots with 26 new single-family homes, which are to be owned, not rented.

Construction of the new units on Sayonara Drive by Habitat for Humanity on the 12 vacant city-owned lots in Citrus Heights, using CalHome funding, will meet the city’s obligation to replace blighted rental units that were demolished between 2008 and 2010.

Available homes include three-bedroom homes with two-and-a-half bathrooms ranging from 1,199 to 1,247 square feet and four-bedroom homes with two bathrooms, totaling 1,452 square feet.

Homeownership loans are financed at 30 percent of a homeowner’s gross monthly income, with the equivalent of zero percent interest over 30 years, according to a Habitat for Humanity press release.