In 2008 the affiliate took a significant step in leasing a building and opening a ReStore at 123 E. Wayne St. in downtown Lima.  The building also houses affiliate offices and a warehouse for construction materials used in the house building work.

The affiliate is deeply grateful for the untold numbers of persons who have supported its housing ministry--construction volunteers, donors, board and committee members and many others who have offered encouragement, counsel and prayers. With the assistance of many individuals, churches, and businesses thirty-eight families have achieved the dream of home ownership! 

Habitat for Humanity-Lima Area, Inc. is a locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, a non-profit Christian Housing organization.  Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with people in need to build and renovate decent, affordable housing.  The houses are then sold to those in need at no profit and with no interest charged.  Volunteers provide most of the labor, and individual and corporate donors provide money and materials to build Habitat houses. Partner families themselves invest hundreds of hours of labor--"sweat equity"-- into building their homes and the homes of others.  Their mortgage payments go into a revolving fund that is used to build more houses.