Building affordable, safe,
and high-quality permanent housing strengthens communities and provides
a strong foundation on which low-income women and their families can grow.
Women’s Community Revitalization Project builds and operates affordable
housing developments from start to finish: finding the sites, designing
the houses, raising the money, managing construction and making sure that
the women and families who live there become part of a strong and vibrant
community.
Our residents and neighbors are involved in every part of housing design.
This guarantees that our housing meets the real-life needs of the women
and families who will actually live there. The production and quality
of our housing are not compromised: We work hard to construct well-designed
and innovative places to live and will overcome any obstacle to build
housing that is desperately needed.
A RECORD OF SUCCESS
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
HOW WE PLACE WOMEN IN HOUSING
THE PATH TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
CASE STUDY
VOLUNTEER/HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES
MAP
A RECORD OF SUCCESS
• Lillia Crippen Townhouses: 46 units at 6th
& Montgomery/Berks Streets, 1999-2002.
• Johnnie Tillmon Townhouses: 23 units at 4th & Master Streets,
1997.
• Model Blocks Program: Provided low interest loans and grants for
home repairs to over 150 households in Fairhill neighborhood in 1994 and
1995.
• Adolfina Villanueva: 54 units units at 7th/8th and Somerset Streets,
1993-95.
• Eight Scattered Site Moderately Rehabilitated Homes: Rehabilitated
eight scattered site houses for rent in 1990-1991. WCRP recently sold
many of these homes to first-time homebuyers in 2001-2002.
Property Management
WCRP manages the developments that we build: ensuring
growth and stability in our communities and keeping rent and expenses
down. Property Management handles leases, rent, and maintenance to ensure
excellent conditions.
With each development built, we create a fund to
make sure families who earn less than $20,000 a year can afford to rent
our homes. Rents can be as low as $150 a month. Property Management staff
works closely with our Supportive Services program to help families in
times of crisis when their ability to pay rent or take care of their home
may be affected.
How We Place Women in Housing
We are dedicated to serving low-income women and
families that other organizations are often not able or willing to serve.
Women in need of permanent housing contact WCRP and submit an application.
• Our families earn an average of $10,000
a year, but many earn less than $5,000.
• Rent is based on a family’s income so that enough money is
left over for food, clothing and other necessities.
• In addition to paying rent and taking good care of our housing,
residents are motivated to improve their lives and become active in their
community.
The Path to Affordable Housing:
Marilyn Ascencio, Adolfina Villanueva Townhouse
Resident since 1995
I used to live in an apartment between two bars.
Drugs were sold and there were fights and shoot-outs; I had to get out
of there. I applied for a spot in Adolfina Villanueva Townhouses and we
moved in. I was able to enroll my son Steven in Head Start at the Adolfina
Villanueva Child Development Center that WCRP had also built. Now I can
settle two issues: care for my children and plan for my future.
Case Study:
Lillia Crippen Townhomes Phase 2 at 6th Street and
Montgomery Avenue
Lillia Crippen is our newest development, with
20 two and three bedroom homes. These homes were built for low-income
women with special needs: families who have members with physical disability,
are homeless, or who have been denied housing due to language or cultural
barriers.
This impressive development is in a neighborhood going through remarkable
change: new housing, reclaimed vacant lots turned into gardens, and a
shopping area within walking distance. Every WCRP home has a washer and
dryer, and kitchen windows face an outdoor patio so mothers can keep an
eye on their children at play while tending to household duties. Many
homes are wheel-chair accessible; and floor plans are roomy and family-oriented.
Housing or Volunteer Opportunities
If you need housing and want to apply, or if you
would like to volunteer or serve on our housing committee, Please
contact us
