A single mother and her six children will soon see the development of their new home, with some help from local chapters of Habitat for Humanity.

Housing plans are complete and groundbreaking is set for 9 a.m. Saturday.

Krista Olson, president of Habitat, said building specifications have just been approved for this house because changes needed to be made to help it fit into the neighborhood.

The house, being built at Hoover Avenue and 24th Street, will be equipped with a basement, two bathrooms and a garage.

After being absent for more than a semester, the nonprofit organization is working its way back onto campus. Olson said the executive committee of the last ISU chapter faded and nobody was able to organize the club.

Working with their advisor and previous members, a group of students decided to bring it back.

There are Habitat affiliates in every state of the United States; the ISU chapter is one of 649 campus chapters.

“Being a campus chapter, we don’t have enough money to sponsor a house on our own,” said Olson, senior in management information systems.

Instead, students work with the Story County chapter to organize Build Days, when volunteers help construct a house. Olson said, that due to the large number of volunteers, only six members are able to help each day.

“During the year, we work with our other affiliates in Marshalltown and Boone. Sometimes, we just go and help on a Saturday,” said Roger Stover, adviser of Habitat and professor of finance.

The campus chapter is hoping, with the help of the Story County Habitat for Humanity chapter, to build two more houses this year.