Partners for Livable Omaha Selected as a 2026 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
Big news for OurStory Small Houses: Partners for Livable Omaha has been selected as a 2026 AARP Community Challenge grantee.
Out of 5,100 applications nationwide, only 750 projects were selected. This quick-action grant will help us open Benson House and Corby House for a public open house weekend, giving residents age 50+, caregivers, builders, and community partners a chance to experience aging-ready housing in real homes, in a real Omaha neighborhood.
We’re grateful to AARP for supporting this work and helping advance more livable communities for people of all ages.
Media tour this Thursday 3/12 - OurStory Small Houses
Media tour this Thursday, March 12, of two innovative aging-ready small homes under construction in Omaha
Registration is open for the 2026 Youth Talent Show Series + Battle of the Bands Competition
The Omaha Mobile Stage Youth Talent Show program is an outdoor amateur talent competition series for ages 3 through graduating high school seniors.
Partners for Livable Omaha releases RFP for Omaha Mobile Stage
Livable Omaha is exiting the live performing arts space to concentrate its resources on its housing program, OurStory Small Houses.
As part of this transition, Livable Omaha seeks qualified parties interested in acquiring the OMS assets and continuing the OMS program under new ownership.
Omaha nonprofit completes the 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant program
Omaha-based nonprofit Partners for Livable Omaha completed a year of work on its OurStory Small Houses program, which included piloting an architectural internship program and hosting a design exhibition, funded by a 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant and others.
UNL and Partners for Livable Omaha Announce Exhibition and Lecture, OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale
Livable Omaha invites the public to experience OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale, an exhibition and lecture.
Local nonprofits and College of Architecture announce June 2nd groundbreaking for aging-ready OurStory houses
Join us at 5804 Corby St. on Monday, June 2, at 10 a.m. for the groundbreaking of Benson House and Corby House — new OurStory homes that are designed to meet the needs of an aging population, while also appealing to younger, first-time buyers.
ADU Financing Guide for Homeowners
This guide is intended to help current Omaha homeowners understand options for financing the construction of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) on their property.
Omaha Mobile Stage Youth Talent Show series returns to metro for third season this summer 2025
This summer, Omaha Mobile Stage, in collaboration with its community partners, is hosting a free outdoor amateur talent competition series open to youth ages 3 through graduating high school seniors. Registration is now open at OmahaMobileStage.org
Livable Omaha and the UNL College of Architecture announce “OurStory” exhibition, opening December 16 in Omaha
The “OurStory: Creating Aging-Ready Housing” exhibition by the University of Nebraska College of Architecture’s FACT Studio, runs December 16 through January 10 at Dundee Bank’s Benson Branch at 6073 Maple Street in Omaha. “OurStory” takes aim at the housing crisis and silver tsunami with a new concept for infill housing and accessory dwellings in the Omaha metro and beyond.
Omaha nonprofit begins housing project with UNL’s College of Architecture
OurStory takes aim at the housing crisis with a new concept for infill housing and accessory dwellings in the Omaha metro and beyond.