●  Salem has launched a partnership with the Ruth Mott   Foundation, Citizens Bank, Chemical Bank, Chase,  Republic Bank and Fifth Third for a demonstration home repair loan pool that provides loans for urgent home repairs and prepares the house-hold for future conventional loan repair funds. The banks are studying how it works in hopes of generating new ideas that may create more lending options in the future!

●  Salem Housing has received a grant from the Genesee County Planning Commission to restore 6 vacant houses in Mt. Morris Township and lead Community Planning and Home Owner Education Classes. Partners in this project include Mt. Morris Township, Metro Housing Partnership (11 new homes being built), Genesee County Habitat for Humanity (6 new homes being built) and the Genesee County Land Bank (vacant lots and houses for this project). This is a unique opportunity to work with the neighbors to add new homeowners in the community bounded by Pierson, Clio, Carpenter, and Jennings.

●  Designed a new construction project with The Lockwood Group for the Kingswood neighborhood. Planning is nearly complete for the 24 units of townhouses and duplexes on 3 acres between King and Garland, south of Welch Boulevard. These homes are designed with the details that "match" the distinctive older homes in the neighborhood. Residents in these new homes will join this strong neighborhood as a part of truly revitalizing the community. Financing is still not a sure thing, but applications are pending.
 

" Everything that is done in the world is done by hope."

---The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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