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Affordable home applications open for Whisper Valley

There are 48 new homes coming to the sustainable community, starting at $230,000 and designed for middle-income Austinites.

A quiet, suburban street lined with single-story modern homes, each with a small front porch and gabled roof. Some roofs feature solar panels, and the homes are surrounded by green lawns, trees, and colorful flower beds. A blue SUV is parked along the road, and the sky is clear with a few wispy clouds, suggesting a calm and pleasant day.

Austin Habitat for Humanity has been on a mission to help locals achieve home ownership for the last 40 years.

Rendering via Austin Habitat for Humanity

Austin Habitat for Humanity is currently accepting applications for a new stretch of homes in Whisper Valley, the first geothermal neighborhood in Travis County.

The nonprofit will build 48 single-family homes exclusively available to middle-income earners, with prices ranging from $230,000 to $245,000. Buyers can also utilize 100% financing, meaning a down payment isn’t required to purchase a house.

An aerial view of the affordable homes in Whisper Valley.

Could one of these homes be yours?

Rendering via Austin Habitat for Humanity.

In addition to Austin Habitat for Humanity’s qualifying factors, the 2025 income limits for applicants are as follows:

  • One-person household: up to $68,500
  • Two-person household: up to $78,250
  • Three-person household: up to $88,050
  • Four-person household: up to $97,800

The homes will be built in phases over the next several years, and construction efforts will kick off in October through the 2025 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project. During the initiative, volunteers will come together to build 25 homes in one week.

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