Rural Neighborhoods received a $10,000 grant from Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church. Funds will revitalize playground equipment at our Esperanza Place and Casa Amigos apartments in Immokalee. These 71 apartments for agricultural workers are complemented by an adjacent Habitat home ownership community. More than a hundred children are expected to enjoy the recreational improvements supported by Trinity-by-the Cove.
The Florida Keys Community Land Trust, a land trust founded on Big Pine Key in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, became a corporate affiliate of Rural Neighborhoods in recent weeks bringing 4 nationally-recognized cottages to our growing portfolio of 1,796 unit rentals. But it means much more than numbers! This partnership merges FKCLT Founder Maggie…
“Hatchers remains a small rental community, but there is no place we work where the sense of partnership has been greater than in the building these 18 units,” remarked Rural Neighborhoods President Steven Kirk as he opened the celebration of Hatchers Preserve. “Local government’s generosity was unmatched, and national partners, too, joined in to make Hatchers a more livable place not simply bricks and mortar.” Mr. Paul Weech, President of NeighborWorks…
Rural Neighborhoods’ President, Steven Kirk, participated in a White Housing roundtable on rural housing on Wednesday, July 24th. The policy discussion brought together twenty-five rural and tribal housing professionals from around the country together with leadership from Domestic Policy Council, USDA and HUD. Undersecretary of Agriculture for Rural Development Basil Gooden, HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary…
Cannery Row at Redland Crossing, our newest 112-unit senior rental community in Miami-Dade’s Naranja neighborhood, achieved 100% occupancy in less than 60 days as the final resident moved family pictures and furniture into their rental apartment in mid-March. Citibank and Miami-Dade County Surtax funded the mid-rise LIHTC rental community and marks Rural Neighborhoods’ first transportation-oriented…
The Collier County Sheriff’s Office hosted Movie Night for children at Rural Neighborhoods’ Eden Gardens complex on Thursday, May 26. Over 40 children attended to kick off the long Memorial Day weekend. The Sheriff’s Office opened the evening with a brief presentation to children and their parents on safety and strangers. Then the children enjoyed…
Total financing of $94M closed October 11, 2024, commencing new construction of the 252-unit Renaissance Hall rental community in suburban Golden Gate. The project is financed in part by U.S. Department of Treasury (under Federal Award Number 1505-0271) and Collier County Community & Human Services Division, PGIM’s HUD 221(d)(4) program, Collier’s International, Collier County’s and…