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COVID Support for Residents
Earlier in the year, members of Rural Neighborhood’s sewing group happily agreed to help their community when asked to sew face masks for farmworkers and their families in Immokalee. The group, which started approximately four years ago, meets weekly to learn sewing. Lusvi Perez is the volunteer instructor and enjoys helping members learn a skill…
Northern Trust Invests, Will You?
Northern Trust Corporation, a leading practitioner of corporate social responsibility and leader in wealth management and banking, recently invested $2M in Rural Neighborhoods’ affordable and workforce housing strategies. This capital is the lead community development investment in Rural’s social investment fund targeted toward innovative housing products and gap financing. “Northern Trust is remarkable in their…
One Down, One to Go in the Keys!
Seahorse Cottages and The Avenues on Big Pine Key expect initial certificates of occupancy in September for 31 new single-family rental units serving households earning less than 80% AMI. The CDBG-Disaster Relief funded rental community is financed by Florida Housing Finance Corporation and Community Housing Capital. Rural Neighborhoods will move south from Mile Marker 35…
New Units Fill Up in Immokalee
Rural Neighborhoods’ newest property in Immokalee, Casa Amigos, is rapidly filling. Opened in December 2023, the final tenants will move into their apartments in the 24-unit structure in January. Serving both farmworkers and non-farmworkers, the units feature two bedrooms and two baths. Funding for the units was provided by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, the…
Pollywog Creek Senior Housing Opens in LaBelle
“I never imagined living in such a place,” a teary-eyed elderly man remarked as he moved his few possessions into the brand-new Pollywog Creek Senior Housing this past month. He was joined by 28 other very-low income seniors as Rural Neighborhood’s HUD 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly project opened its doors in rural LaBelle. Executive Director Steven Kirk…
Local Police Join Residents to Spruce Up Entry
Residents at Rural Neighborhoods’ Everglades Village in Homestead and Miami-Dade Police Department officers were busy dressing up the entrance to the 511-unit rental community with new plants and signage recently. Director of Property Management, Michael Botelho, remarked “by the end of the day all agreed we planted as much trust in each other as the…