By Lois Healy | CEO/Project Leader
Affordable Homeownership Foundation just was approved for two grants to build the third house and we should be able to start construction in February of 2020. As fast as we can build these Single Room Occupany Dwellings (SRO's) they are rented in advance because as we have stated previously the average person on Social Security Disability makes $770 per month and the average rent starts at $1000 in our area, Several other non-profits have requested copies of our plans and we have given them to them so that they may build some of these houses.
From the outside these homes look just like a regular home so there is no NIMBYism (Not In My Back Yard) as most of the population think affordable housing means slum housing, which the opposite is true with these homes. It allows the average person who is disabled or a senior, Veteran or a youth that has aged out of the Foster Care System to live within their means, so the rent is no more than 30% of their income. If they are disabled we also have partnered with our local housing authority to provide "Mainstream Vouchers" to those that qualify thus reducing their rent even further.
We are looking forward to making this housing a reality on most vacant lots that we can aquire so that everyone has a beautiful safe place to live.
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