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 2007-08, the St. Lawrence County Housing Council:
- Provided quality home buying education and/or counseling to 185 households
- Assisted 46 homebuyers with grants for purchasing their first homes
- Rehabilitated 20 houses
- Successfully managed two hundred residential units mostly serving senior citizens and people with disabilities
- Administered grants for the Grasse River Heritage Falls Island project
- 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
- Administered Main Street Renewal grants in Potsdam, Heuvelton and Canton.
- Submitted a grant and loan application for new Hermon Fire House
- Began work on Community Development Plan for the Town of Fowler
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.