Flourish At Home
A house is more than a place to live; it is a place to build a life and create a home. Houses created by BHITC will offer safe, affordable, stable housing that empowers tenants to thrive.
INTRODUCING THE HOMES AT HOPE COMMONS
Two 14-unit campuses constructed on adjacent empty lots on West 56th and 61st Streets in Stockyards.
Multi-family units in a village design will integrate families in need of supportive rent with their neighbors in home-like settings.
BHITC staff will provide tenant care and support to pursue family goals.
Infill construction on existing housing lots restores cohesion to streets where properties were razed due to neglect.
OUR GOAL:
Create affordable, supportive homes for families in Stockyards. Contribute to erasing blight and tangibly restore hope to city neighborhoods.
INVESTMENT NEEDED:
$3,800,0000
CAMPAIGN RESULTS:
Build 28 new affordable homes for families where BHITC also provides life and vocational support. Families moving forward with their goals thanks to a stable place to call home and BHITC’s in-home care and support.
Marcus
“It’s been such a blessing to have a roof over my head that is safe and warm,” says Marcus, a current tenant. Life did not immediately become easier for him when he moved into a BHITC property as a tenant, but he explains how having a safe, stable, affordable home “allowed me the ability to focus on other stressful things going on in my life. Even though I still had a lot to overcome, having a home where the rental cost was not enormous, truly helped me get back on my feet and focus on my next step,” he says.
Rhonda
“The only way you’re going to be able to transform neighborhoods is if an organization comes to the neighborhood like Building Hope in the City is doing and says to the residents, ‘This is what we want to do, but we need your help.’ When you include the residents and ask them what they want to see happen for their neighborhood, they’re going to tell you basically everything the Flourish campaign is all about,” says Rhonda Jones, Stockyards neighborhood resident. “We need affordable housing, we need organizations that provide a tool for learning about social enterprise businesses, and we want to be part of the solution.”
