Children enjoyed an afternoon of fun at Eden Gardens’ recent Fun Day for Kids. Approximately 20 children attended and played on the playground and with their friends while enjoying snacks. The event is held several times a year and offers children and their parents an opportunity to spend time together.
Rural Neighborhood’s latest shared housing development, Casa Juarez, will open shortly, providing 32 new units. The apartment complex was constructed using $7 million in Florida Housing Finance Corporation SAIL funds and $500,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank. Casa Juarez is located at Rural’s headquarters in Homestead and is the second shared housing complex at…
The December calendar was marked by holiday celebrations from Homestead-Florida City to Immokalee, Labelle and points north and east. Thanks to site managers, volunteers and generous supporters, more than a dozen celebrations took place. Events ranged from a neighborhood pot-luck celebration at Manatee Village in Ruskin to Santa Claus’ arrival at Timber Ridge at Sanders…
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISK) ha nombrado a El Representante Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla) Campeón de polizas rurales por sus esfuerzos para apoyar programas vitales de vivienda que ayudan a las familias en el sur de Florida a prosperar. El congresista de ocho mandatos preside el Subcomité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes para Transporte,…
“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…
Bank United joins Rural Neighborhoods in support of Casa Amigos through its sponsorship of a $500,000 Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Affordable Housing Program loan that was recently awarded to RN and its commitment of $325,000 in project bridge financing. Tax credit investor Alliant Capital has pledged $11.6M in equity toward Deer Creek Senior…
Community Housing Capital, a Decatur, GA Community Development Financial Institution, and Florida Housing Finance Corporation closed $14.7 million in capital to the Rural Neighborhoods – Florida Keys Community Land Trust’s Seahorse Cottages and The Avenues rental communities in March. The planned 31 units will commence construction in April 2022 and serve Keys residents earning 80%…