Who We Are

The largest children’s hospital-backed housing effort in the United States

Founded in 2008 by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Community Development for All People, Healthy Homes is a nonprofit, affordable housing developer serving Columbus’ South Side and Linden communities. We build safe, high-quality homes for ownership or rent at below-market rates. We also offer exterior home repair services for current homeowners.

This work is part of our mission to create and sustain the vibrant communities we serve, and ensure all families have a stable place to live. Since inception, we have impacted more than 1,000 homes and hundreds of families. 

Healthy Homes is the affordable housing prong of Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF) initiative, focused on creating better health outcomes in our community.  
Learn more about Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF)

Our Mission

We are dedicated to creating and sustaining healthy, mixed-income communities through affordable home ownership, rental homes and repair services in Columbus’ South Side and Linden communities. 

Our Vision

We believe all families deserve a safe and affordable place to live, so they can focus on the things that matter most – like a child’s education, a parent’s job and their overall health and well-being. Our goal is to provide high-quality homes for ownership or rent by constructing new houses and rehabilitating vacant, distressed properties. 

Meet Our Staff

Guadalupe Alvarez

Senior Engagement & Home Repair Manager

Vanessa Burton-Reddy

Administrative Support

Mazie Cheesebrough

Project Manager

Kim Donston

Project Coordinator

Jordan Henderson

Director of Multifamily Housing & Special Projects

Emily Long Rayfield

Lead Development Manager

Markia Millin

Tenant Resource Coordinator

Lydia Ndung’u

Project Manager

Shalonda Sims

Project Coordinator

Gretchen West

Executive Director

close up of a women's hand as she holds the keys to a house
tan and gray house sitting on the corner of a street
man removing old siding from a house and installing new siding

Our Partners

The success of Healthy Homes is the result of valued partnerships with organizations that believe in our mission.

Our Impact

Healthy Homes has been working to transform neighborhoods on Columbus’ South Side since 2009. Learn more about our impact and the real people we are helping along the way.
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Healthy Homes provides permanent housing. Emergency or temporary housing is not available.  If you or someone you know is facing homelessness, please call the 24/7 Homeless Hotline at (614) 274-7000.