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How your organization can partner with Habitat. Evan Covington Chavez VP, Program Operations Wake County HFH (Raleigh). Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. Habitat’s NRI model. The affiliate’s service model is contextualized to each specific neighborhood.
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How your organization can partner with Habitat Evan Covington Chavez VP, Program Operations Wake County HFH (Raleigh)
Habitat’s NRI model The affiliate’s service model is contextualized to each specific neighborhood. What is necessary for the highest quality of life in the focus neighborhood? What are the appropriate community partnerships to achieve No. 1? What housing products are appropriate? How are they attractive to donors? What are the new and innovative volunteer mobilization strategies? An affiliate decides to use the NRI model.
REPAIRS Full Spectrum • A Brush with Kindness • Exterior painting and minor repair • Critical Home Repairs • Repairs to alleviate health, life and safety/code issues • Weatherization • Improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality • Rehabilitation • Habitat • Other partners – higher incomes; rental • New • Habitat • Other partners– higher incomes; rental Neighborhood Revitalization Advocacy Family services Lending services Community development
NRI is advocating asset-based community development Needs based vs Asset based • Focus on community deficits • Fragmented understanding of the community associations • Externally based solutions • Broad understanding of potential assets • Integrated understanding of community associations • Emphasizes home-grown, appropriate, and sustainable solutions.
Long Acres (Pilot) • 7 new homebuyers • 15 A Brush With Kindness touches • 52% decrease in crime between the first 6 months of 2010 to the first six months of 2012
New initiatives • 3 new neighborhood coalitions formed or forming • 25 ABWK planned • Partnerships include: residents; city departments; local churches; and other corporate and nonprofit groups • Infill development planned in collaboration with local community (“NRI-like”)
From the Other Side • Durham’s Southwest Central Durham Quality of Life • Six neighborhoods • Residents spent several years organizing and determining their vision • Durham Community Land Trust, Habitat, Self-Help and Builders of Hope built over 80 homes in five years • Address need for low-income senior housing through partnership between DHIC, Durham Community Land Trust, Duke and Self-Help • Continued presence and work ongoing today!