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Neighborhood Watch Comes to Eden Park
October 6, 2016September 15, 2023

Concerned about drug and other criminal activity in the Eden Park area, residents recently met with Ron Mosher of the Collier County Sheriff’s Office to discuss possible solutions. The group of 12 residents received information about the Neighborhood Watch program. Neighborhood Watch is a national program that encourages neighbors to look out for one another. …

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Tradewinds Hammocks: 1791 and Counting
June 20, 2019September 15, 2023

Rural Neighborhoods closed on its acquisition of Tradewinds Hammocks in the Florida Keys on May 30th. The 66-unit expired Tax Credit project brings RN’s portfolio to 1,791 units in 8 communities throughout Central and South Florida. LISC provided a $3.8M first mortgage with secondary financing provided by Florida Housing Finance Corporation and the Monroe County…

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Lawmakers Lose Their Way Over Affordable Housing
June 19, 2009September 15, 2023

This past week our legislators slashed $190M in affordable housing construction. Just as essential elected officials broke faith with working people, investors and other governments as it violated signed loan commitments previously agreed. Such rash, unthinking action results in the loss of $1B in construction expenditures, a thousand jobs and the risk of bankruptcy to…

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The Builder
June 19, 2011September 15, 2023

Former Gourmet editor and James Beard award-winner Barry Estabrook traces the supermarket tomato from Immokalee, FL and presents a who’s who cast of characters in the tomato industry. This New York Times best-seller includes The Builder, a chapter highlighting Rural Neighborhood’s role in improving agricultural housing.

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Casa Amigos/Strategic Investment Fund
September 27, 2019September 15, 2023

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…

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Seeds of Change
June 19, 2008September 15, 2023

The challenges of site acquisition, land use, and competitive financing are no different in communities targeting agricultural workers than in other affordable rental communities, said Kirk. “The added complexity in serving farmworkers is to understand agricultural markets and wages, and to layer sufficient subsidies to reach affordability.” Read the article Seeds of Change

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