Harvest Homes Apartments, a new $12 million, 36-unit multi-family affordable housing facility in the East Garfield Park community of Chicago, is set to break ground this weekend. As low- and moderate-income families continue to be priced out of their neighbourhood due to rising rental rates, the new development is seen as a “much-needed” addition to the community.
“Harvest Homes Apartments begins to fulfill a critical need for affordable multi-family housing in Chicago‘s East Garfield Park,” said Reverend Michael Eaddy, Pastor, People’s Church of the Harvest and PCDAC President. “This is an optimistic and historic day for the residents of East Garfield Park. Harvest Homes will play a key role in the revitalization of our neighbourhood.”
Made possible through support from the City of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Economic Development, the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, J. P. Morgan Chase Bank, the Chicago Community Loan Fund, and NHPF (the National Housing Preservation Foundation), the project is expected to help revive the area on Chicago’s West Side.
Harvest Homes Apartments will offer 36 two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartment units to low- and moderate-income families with annual household salaries ranging between $22,000 and $60,000. Construction will begin in the summer of 2015 and is scheduled for completion early 2017. The development will be built on what were once rubble-strewn vacant lots on Chicago‘s West Side.
Harvest Homes will be the first new housing development built in East Garfield Park in the last 15 years.
“We at The NHP Foundation are very proud to be a part of this significant new development in Chicago and appreciate the contribution of our public and private partners in the project,” said Richard Burns, CEO of NHPF. “NHPF has an expanding and valuable role to play in strengthening the affordable housing field in this country and Harvest Homes Apartments exemplifies our vision for the development and preservation of long-term affordable housing in high cost markets.”
People’s Community Development Association of Chicago (PCDAC), is a 15-year-old community-based non-profit community and housing developer, supporting low-income families through job training, youth programs, rehabilitating, and now new construction of affordable housing on the west side of Chicago. Through rigorous, respected community involvement and a strong non-profit partnership with The NHP Foundation of New York, PCDAC is turning vacant lots into affordable housing, transforming a distant dream into a current community reality.
Headquartered in New York City with offices in Washington, DC, NHPF was launched on January 30, 1989. NHPF is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation founded to preserve and create affordable multifamily rental housing for low- and moderate-income families and seniors. In addition to providing safe, clean and affordable housing to its residents, NHPF has a robust resident services program known as Operation Pathways. Through partnerships with major financial institutions, the public sector, faith-based initiatives, and other nonprofit organizations, NHPF owns 32 residential properties with more than 6,000 housing units in 13 states and the District of Columbia.
