M/I Homes Selected To Build Dream Home for National Hero

M/I Homes Selected To Build Dream Home for National Hero

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- M/I Homes, Inc. (NYSE:MHO) has been selected to join with America's favorite handyman, Ty Pennington, and ABC-TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to build a new home for the Jason Thomas family of Columbus, Ohio. Pennington and designers Ed Sanders, Tanya McQueen, Paul DiMeo and John Littlefield, along with a team of M/I Homes associates, greeted the family earlier this week and announced that they selected the Thomas family for an extreme home makeover. The new home will be constructed within a week.

Jason Thomas is a former member of the U.S. Marine Corps and is one of two Marines who helped find a pair of New York City Police Department officers buried in the rubble after the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001. Thomas, who lived in New Jersey during the attacks, moved to the Columbus area three years ago with his wife, Kirsten, and their four children. His heroism was featured in the recent Oliver Stone movie, "World Trade Center."

"Jason Thomas is a true American hero who selflessly risked his life to save others," said Robert H. Schottenstein, Chief Executive Officer and President of M/I Homes. "While we often refer to home ownership as 'the American dream,' the real American dream is the desire to be free. Jason Thomas and countless others like him have helped preserve and protect that dream. It is a unique and special honor for our Company to participate in this extraordinary project. M/I Homes has always been committed to giving back to our community and helping those in need. Our employees and partners have unselfishly stepped forward to donate the required time and materials with one goal in mind: to build the Thomas family their dream home."

About M/I Homes

M/I Homes, Inc. headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (MHO), is one of the nation's leading builders of single-family homes and central Ohio's leading homebuilder. M/I Homes was founded in 1976 and has sold nearly 67,000 homes, serving a broad segment of the housing market including first-time home buyers, move-up buyers, empty-nesters and luxury buyers. The Company's homes are marketed and sold under the trade names M/I Homes, Showcase Homes and Shamrock Homes. The Company has homebuilding operations in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Tampa, Orlando and West Palm Beach, Florida; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Delaware; and the Virginia and Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. M/I Homes has established an exemplary reputation based on superior customer service, innovative design, quality construction, and premier locations. For more information on M/I Homes, visit www.mihomes.com and for more information on the Company's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition participation, visit www.mihomes.com/extreme.

About ABC-TV's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which has won back-to-back Emmy Awards as Best Reality Program (non-competitive), will enter its 4th season on ABC. The program is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. Denise Cramsey is the executive producer; and David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: jmyers@mihomes.com

Source: M/I Homes, Inc.

CONTACT: Phillip G. Creek, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer of M-I Homes, Inc., +1-614-418-8011

Web site: http://www.mihomes.com/extreme
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