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Rural Neighborhoods’ Deer Creek Senior Housing (DCSH) is a proud recipient of the 2023 City of Gainesville’s Beautification Award for Multi-Family Developments. The City honored architects Ted Hoffman and Michael Facundo‘s multi-colored quilt exterior, angular interior hallways and solar paneled rooftop at its September 13th Gala. DCSH is a 62-unit joint venture between RN and Neighborhood…
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…
Los estudiantes del Colegio Bowdoin en Maine se divirtieron durante la Fiesta de Primavera con los niños de Eden Gardens (Rural Neighborhoods property). Los estudiantes de Bowdoin visitaron a Immokalee con la finalidad de vacacionar y prestar servicios voluntarios a organizaciones locales sin lujo lucrativo. Después de plantar arbustos y limpiar la propiedad, al día…
Los participantes aprenden a manejar la computadora y al mismo tiempo se les enseña nuevas formas de como manejar su dinero. La clase es ofrecida a través de Rural Neighborhoods y HELP, fue iniciada por algunos de los estudiantes graduados de Rural Neighborhoods Academia de Liderazgo durante la cual los estudiantes manifestaron la necesidad de…
In late May, BankUnited and Florida Housing Finance Corporation closed loans to Rural Neighborhoods for its newest rental community in Immokalee, FL. Nearly $6M was raised to build 96 SRO beds targeting low-income, H-2a visa worker and agricultural labor housing. Rural continues to serve as a national leader in housing models serving farmworkers and Casa…
NeighborWorks America’s Strategic Investment Fund helped support geographic expansion of Rural Neighborhood’s shared-housing model and that seed money is reaping dividends! Casa Amigos – a 96-bed, 28-unit rental community at Esperanza Place in Immokalee recently received a $5.15M commitment from Florida Housing Finance Corporation toward 2020 construction. Our shared-housing model enables unrelated adults to share…