Mixed-Income Housing
New and rehabbed housing across the income range, with affordability locked in by deed restriction rather than by promise — so the families here now are still here in twenty years.
Two things at once: keep the people who already own here in their homes, and add supply across the income range so the neighborhood never has to choose between vacancy and displacement. That means repair capital for legacy homeowners, new construction we help underwrite, and steady pressure on the vacant and abandoned property backlog.
[XX] townhomes on [street or site], income-restricted for households at or below [XX]% of area median income, in two- and three-bedroom plans.
[XX] single-family homes — three bedrooms, two baths, several plans — modeled on the 1920s bungalow stock still standing on the surrounding blocks. Built with [partner developer], [partner realtor], and [partner builder], around a common green maintained by a homeowners association, minutes from downtown Birmingham.
Health-and-safety repairs that keep a family in the home they already own — roofing, electrical, plumbing, heating and cooling, and structural work. The City of Birmingham funds up to $30,000 per home for owner-occupants at or below 80% of area median income, delivered through nonprofit administrators rather than by the city itself.
Demand runs roughly three times supply: about 100 homes are served a year against a waitlist of 300-plus, and the homeowner application window has historically opened for only a couple of days each fall.
[Northside Initiative’s role — program administrator, intake partner, or referral channel — to be confirmed.] What we do now is make sure Northside homeowners know the window exists before it closes.
Insulation, air sealing, duct sealing, and heating and cooling replacement — the work that lowers a utility bill permanently instead of paying it once. In older housing stock like ours, energy burden is a housing-affordability problem wearing a different hat.
Federally funded weatherization for Jefferson County is administered by the Community Action Agency of Northeast Alabama, with a Birmingham office minutes from our footprint. Households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level qualify, and assistance is prioritized for older adults, people with disabilities, and families with children.
[Our role: outreach, application assistance, and helping residents navigate the waitlist.]
Invested in legacy homeowners
Families served
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