In a time when it is increasingly difficult for lower income families to achieve home ownership, Green County Habitat for Humanity is building a duplex in Monroe to help two families achieve that dream.

The ground work at 509-511 3rd Avenue is complete and Habitat is now asking for community volunteers to join in to help. Volunteer work - generally on Wednesdays and Saturdays - started on August 18. The homes will be ready for occupancy in 2022.

Volunteers are desperately needed for the early phase of construction that includes framing, applying OSB, Styrofoam and Tyvek. People of all sk...