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Home Repair and Weatherization - Classes and Grants Available Now

Over the last few years, through the support of Fifth Third Bank and others, NDNI has been able to assist qualified homeowners with minor home repairs in several of our target neighborhoods. Residents have responded enthusiastically to this assistance.
 
For Fall 2011 and Winter 2012, Home Maintenance and Weatherization assistance has been targeted to leverage the investment of our community partners such as the Detroit Land Bank (DLBA). The funds, provided by Detroit LISC, will also assist homeowners to make repairs required to come into compliance with city code and/or address code violations. Resident homeowners with current tax, mortgage and insurance status in properties adjacent to DLBA homes purchased in Boston Edison, East English Village and Morningside are eligible for a matching home repair grant up to $5000.
 
Other residents in these neighborhoods are invited to attend a Home Repair and Weatherization workshop series, lead by the experts at Warm Training Center. Participants who complete the series and meet the granting criteria are eligible for a one-time grant of up to $2000 for repairs such as exterior paint or siding, replacement windows, handicap accessibility features, gutters and roofs.
 
The current four-session series begins on January 17 and runs through January 27 and is held at the NDNI offices at 7301 Woodward, Detroit at the corner of East Grand Boulevard and Woodward. Registration is currently open for these Tuesday-Thursday sessions. Homeowners in East English Village, Morningside and Historic Boston Edison who complete the sessions may apply for home repair weatherization grants up to $2000 per household. 
 
For more information about NDNI Home Repair assistance and eligibility, please contact Melanie Jones at 313-394-1036 or melaniej@next-detroit.org.
 
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Clean Neighborhoods Program

NDNI Clean Neighborhoods Program incorporates clean up, blight removal and code education and, through community engagement, offers an environment for dialogue around neighborhood standards for city of Detroit residents. As neighborhood conditions improve and the cooperative relationship with the city's departments formed, we encourage citizen commitment and residential involvement in the maintenance and improvement of their quality of life. 
 
Through partnership with Goodwill Industries and the City of Detroit Department of Public Works, NDNI deployed a Clean Neighborhoods team in five neighborhood areas during the summer of 2011. The team removed litter from commercial corridors and on entryway streets and around a school on a weekly basis. Through funding from PNC Bank we were able to place Clean Neighborhoods trash barrels in these areas and our team kept them serviced and disposed of trash at the city bulk waste sites. 
 
"The Clean Neighborhoods Program and the Clean Team have done a great job on sprucing up the major commercial corridors of Woodward, Oakland and East Grand Boulevard," stated Lisa Johanon, Executive Director for Central Detroit Christian CDC. "I saw the before and after, and they were hardworkers who did a fantastic job. Thanks for making that happen." Click here to read Lisa's letter and other community comments about our Clean Neighborhoods Teams.
 
Education about municipal code around property maintenance and issues that relate to blight and neighborhood disturbance, the "rules" that our city charter mandates, is a key piece of our program. For a presentation including information from city departments about the chapters that they are responsible for enforcing, click here. 
 

Homebuyer Education Workshops

Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative has sponsored Homebuyer Education workshops to encourage city residents and other renters to position themselves to purchase homes in NDNI's neighborhood stabilization areas. These classes are taught by U-SNAP-BAC and will be held at their office located at 14901 East Warren at Alter Road in Detroit. 
 

Class schedule:

Saturday, January 14 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Thursday, February 16 from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 10 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
 
Classes are FREE but registration is required. Please call U-SNAP-BAC at 313-640-1100 to register. 

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Detroit Land Bank Authority Partners with NDNI for Acquisition 

The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) is a quasi- governmental corporate body dedicated to stabilizing & revitalizing Detroit's neighborhoods.It is the DLBA's mission to simulate neighborhood stabilization & economic growth through the acquisition, management, and disposition of tax- reverted and acquired properties by collaboratively with community stakeholders, developers, and other governmental agencies in a transparent and fiscally responsible manner to promote conscientious .stewardship of land.
 
NDNI has been working with DLBA in our target neighborhoods to identify foreclosures through the National Stabilization Trust for acquisition in support of neighborhood stabilization strategies.   

CLICK HERE for more information on the Detroit Land Bank Authority. 

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Partnering for Responsible Disposition of Foreclosed Properties

Next Detroit Neighborhood Initiative was chosen by the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) as Detroit Community Coordinator. In this role, NDNI facilitates the disposition of real estate owned (REO) to non-profit organizations, local housing authorities and  agencies, municipalities, private owners, owner-occupants, and other eligible purchasers.  NDNI has been working closely with a  broad-based advisory committee and the NCST in designing this program. Click here for more information and an application to join the list of qualified buyers. 

East Grand Boulevard Transformation

NDNI Staff has worked over the past four months on implementing the work for the East Grand Blvd. Transformation project. With help from Northend residents, Goodwill Industries, student volunteers and many others, we were able to have a successful Community Planting Day. View pictures from our work on East Grand Blvd. as well as our work in the Northend Community.

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