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Working quickly to fill a trench line for a downspout, and pound shingles on a shed roof, the volunteer crew hustled to beat a Friday afternoon thunderstorm.

By year's end, Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana plans to have seven homes completed.

Kathleen Dorsey Times correspondent Habitat for Humanity Northwest Indiana is giving families the opportunity of a lifetime — a home for the holidays. “This is a life changing experience. Owning a house and paying it off so that their children have this, this is an asset that will stay in the family for many years. It’s absolutely a game changer,” says Dawn Michaels, executive director of Habitat for Humanity Northwest Indiana. Habitat builds homes or repairs those that have been donated to the organization. They then sell those homes to struggling working fami...