Overview
Background:
Since its incorporation in 1981, the St. Lawrence County Housing Council, Inc., a private, not-for-profit organization, has brought more than $41 million in public and private funds to bear on the housing and revitalization needs of St. Lawrence County:
- Homeownership assistance program: $12 million
- Housing preservation and rehabilitation: $13 million
- Multi-family and elderly rental housing projects: $4.5 million
- Community development facilities: $11.6 million
What We Do
Among other things, in 2006-07, the St. Lawrence County Housing Council:
- Successfully managed two hundred residential units mostly serving senior citizens and people with disabilities
- Provided quality home buying education to 152 households, and home buying counseling to 154 households
- Assisted 57 homebuyers in purchasing their first homes
- Rehabilitated 25 houses
- Improved wastewater treatment project in Edwards
- Completed the redevelopment of 51-57 Market Street in Potsdam
- Wrote a successful $400,000 housing rehabilitation grant for the Town of Potsdam
- Administered grants for the Grasse River Heritage Falls Island project
- Completed renovation and energy conservation improvements at Kilkarney Courts in Fowler, and Sunrise Valley Apartments in DeKalb Junction
- Completed administration of the acquisition and rehabilitation of the headquarters of the St. Lawrence Valley Renewal House, Inc., a not-for-profit domestic violence prevention program
- Continued administering Main Street Renewal grants in Potsdam and Heuvelton and began administration of the Canton Main Street grant
The Housing Council and NeighborWorks®
The St. Lawrence County Housing Council is a member of the nationwide NeighborWorks® network of more than 245 community development organizations working in more than 4,400 urban, suburban, and rural communities across America. These organizations engage in revitalization strategies that strengthen communities and transform lives. In the last five years alone, NeighborWorks® organizations have generated more than $10 billion in reinvestment and helped more than 500,000 families of modest means purchase or improve their homes.