Habitat for Humanity Plans Four Affordable Homes on Vacant Harrisburg Lots

aired; October 15, 2026 On The Spark, we’ll talk with Sharon Chatman-Lester, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Harrisburg Area, and Jonathan Bowser, president and CEO of Steel Works Construction, about plans to build four new homes on land that has sat vacant for decades in Harrisburg. The proposed project at 2312–2322 Jefferson Street calls for four attached rowhomes, each with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, front porches, rear yards and off-street parking. Although cons...