What is the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative? Syretta Hill Community Development Manager Wake County HFH (Raleigh)

Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative affiliates serve more families by responding to community aspirations with an expanded array of products, services and partnerships, with the mission of empowering residents to revive their neighborhoods and enhance the quality of life. 2

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What is the NRI model? 4

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Habitat’s house-building model The affiliate’s service model is based solely on Habitat house- building. 1.Where can we acquire a lot? 2.Do we have Habitat-qualified families? 3.How do we raise money to cover our costs? An affiliate decides to use the NRI model. 6

Habitat’s NRI model An affiliate decides to use the NRI model. The affiliate’s service model is contextualized to each specific neighborhood. 1.What is necessary for the highest quality of life in the focus neighborhood? 2.What are the appropriate community partnerships to achieve No. 1? 3.What housing products are appropriate? 4.How are they attractive to donors? 5.What are the new and innovative volunteer mobilization strategies? 7

REPAIRS Neighborhood Revitalization Critical Home Repairs Repairs to alleviate health, life and safety/code issues Critical Home Repairs Repairs to alleviate health, life and safety/code issues A Brush with Kindness Exterior painting and minor repair A Brush with Kindness Exterior painting and minor repair Weatherization Improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality Weatherization Improve energy efficiency and indoor air quality New Green standards New Green standards Rehabilitation NSP and others Green in all rehab work Rehabilitation NSP and others Green in all rehab work Advocacy Lending services Community development Habitat product spectrum Family services Family services 8

Focus on community deficits Fragmented understanding of the community associations Externally based solutions NRI is advocating asset-based community development Needs based vs Asset based 9 Broad understanding of potential assets Integrated understanding of community associations Emphasizes home- grown, appropriate, and sustainable solutions.

To families: Additional housing products available; better communities; children raised in healthy and secure environments. To the community: Higher overall quality of life; increased housing needs will be filled; creating a cohesive community that can more successfully lobby local municipalities for services. To affiliates: Serving more families in need; access to new local donors and partners; potential to access more HFHI funds; better community exposure and reputation; integration into the communities where affiliates work. The benefits of NRI 10

Goal 1:Increase the capacity of Habitat 11

Goal 2: NRI communities demonstrate a higher quality of life 16 Some possible qualitative measures will be: What percentage of families feel connected to their neighbors and neighborhood? How many families would reach out to their neighbors to help with an emergency trip to the hospital? Do a majority of the families in the neighborhood feel it is safer than it was before the project started. What percentage of the neighborhood’s families think that public services like garbage pickup and police patrols are adequate in the neighborhood?

Goal 3: Habitat receives broader-based financial support FY 2010FY 2011FY 2012FY 2013 Affiliate funds raised (investment should trend up) Affiliate establishes base-year data FY09 and FY10 Affiliate sets ongoing goals 12

Goal 4: Affiliates increase volunteer participation FY 2010FY 2011FY 2012FY 2013 Volunteer hoursAffiliate establishes base-year data FY09 and FY10 Affiliate sets ongoing goals Discrete number of volunteers mobilized Variety of tasks performed by volunteers 13

Why do more now? 15

Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Why NRI? It’s our mission. 16

Why NRI? More communities are at risk than ever before. 17

That’s 75 families served for $2,862,500 or $38,167 per family. Why NRI? Diversifying our portfolio will speed serving more families. #Housing solutionPrice perTotal 20New - green$110,000$2,200,000 5Rehabilitated$100,000$500,000 25A Brush with Kindness$4,000$100,000 25Weatherization$2,500$62,500 18

AffiliateExecutive DirectorContact Asheville Area HFHLewis Kraus(828) Cabarrus Co. HFHDave Zablotny(704) Caldwell Co. HFHPete Kidder(828) Cape Fear HFHin search process(910) HFH of CharlotteBert Green(704) HFH of DurhamSatana Deberry(919) HFH of Forsyth Co.Sylvia Oberle(336) HFH of Gtr GreensboroWinston McGregor(336) HFH of MatthewsCristen Wolf(704) Our Towns of N. Mecklenburg Terry Laney(704) HFH of the NC SandhillsElizabeth Cox(910) HFH of Wake Co.Kevin Campbell(919) NC affiliates enrolled in NRI 19