Our Progress
- Built and manage 231 single-family low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) homes:
- Brightmoor Homes I – 50 homes in the Stoepel Park Area (1998/1999)
- Brightmoor Homes II – 50 homes in the Eliza Howell Park Area (2002/2003)
- Brightmoor Homes III – 50 homes* in the Hope Park Area (2003/2004)
- Brightmoor Homes IV – 45 homes in the Stoepel Park Area (2006/2007)
- Hope Park Homes – 36 homes* in the Hope Park Area (2006/2007)
- Rouge Woods Apartments – 23 apartments in the Eliza Howell Area (2008/2010)
- * includes supportive services with special needs families
- Constructed 20 new affordable houses for sale to families in the 80% of median income subsidized with CDBG and MSHDA funds Five new homes built in the Stoepel Park Area (1999 – 2000) Eleven in Westwood Park (2004 – 2006) Four in Hope Park Area (2006 – 2007)
- Completed rehab of 10 vacant homes for sale to 80% of median income families with LISC and City HOME funds. (2005 –2007)
- Renovated 30 occupied homes to assist existing low-income homeowners to remain in their homes through cost-effective repairs, financed through grant assistance and the use of volunteer labor (1998-2000)
- Development of four successful summer "Raise the Roof Blitz Builds" (1995, 1997, 1998 and 2000) resulted in the building of 46 new homes by NDND with the cooperation of Habitat for Humanity, Northwest Detroit Non-Profit Housing Organization, Motor City Blight Busters, Wayne County and the City of Detroit.
- Site acquisition and development for the construction of the new Brightmoor Post Office, completed in 1999, which has the distinction of being the state's first postal facility designed with a drive-through window.
- Spearheading the establishment of the Brightmoor Alliance in 2000, a coalition of 45 organizations dedicated to planning and sharing responsibilities for implementing a comprehensive revitalization strategy within the Brightmoor area. A year-long community planning effort resulted in the Brightmoor Revitalization Strategy, unanimously approved in October 2001.
- Involved thousands of volunteers in neighborhood clean-ups, building construction, tree planting, landscaping, mural painting and other revitalization efforts from such diverse entities as Volunteer Impact, LifeChangers, Young Neighbors, the University of Michigan, University of Detroit-Mercy, Detroit Public Schools, A. Phillip Randolph Vocational School, Bank One, Comerica Bank, Home Depot, Kmart, The Greening of Detroit, State of Michigan, City of Detroit, businesses and volunteers representing a variety of church denominations.