Archive for “BHC”
Renovator’s Happy Hour features 421 North 33rd Street
Vacant and for sale last year at this time, 421 North 33rd Street will be featured at the Renovator’s Happy Hour on Thursday, March 24th.
ACORN joins Better Housing Coalition
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods joins Better Housing Coalition: As of January 31, 2011 The Alliance will be moving to become part of the Better Housing Coalition (BHC) family as its Center for Neighborhood Revitalization. The Center will expand BHC services for the Richmond community and continue to provide educational programs and urban [...]
Two more for Fairmount Avenue
2308 Fairmount Avenue The Better Housing Coalition has plans for a renovation and a new house on Fairmount Avenue. The affordable housing organization very recently closed on 2012 Fairmount Avenue, named earlier this year one of the ten most blighted houses in Church Hill, and intends to build at 2308 Fairmount Avenue.
Churches own many vacants along Fairmount Avenue
Stacey Martin manages a tremendous amount of vacant property in the area and gets tagged a slumlord. Oliver Lawrence is a convicted slumlord currently serving time in one of his dilapidated houses on 19th Street. What do you call a church that owns a block’s worth of vacants?
Renovations in Fairmount, Union Hill recognized
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods lauded several local renovations Thursday night during their Golden Hammer Awards Ceremony at Plaza Bowl. While this year’s nominees came from 21 neighborhoods across the city, both the Winner and First Runner Up in Best Residential Renovation went to area houses, the Better Housing Coalition’s stunning work at [...]
Rehab on 28th Street featured on Restorer Guy
One of the great projects from the Better Housing Coalition will be on tv this weekend: Tune in to The Learning Channel on October 10, 11:00 a.m. to learn about BHC’s procedure for upgrading a home with green technologies while rehabilitating it to historic standards. BHC’s rehab at 1201 N. 28th Street in Church Hill, [...]
