This Project will positively impact residents by providing

• Increased access to home ownership;
• Improved residential living conditions; and
• Cleaner, safer neighborhoods.

Additionally, this project will strengthen the bonds between Southern University and surrounding community-based and faith-based organizations by:

• Increasing the capacity of each organization,allowing them to better serve low-to-moderate income;
• Assisting the community based development organization; and
• Improving the neighborhoods in the vicinity of Southern University.

The Southern University-Building Stronger Communities (SU-BSC) project will:

• Create housing stabilization program by renovating homes for low-to-moderate income residents and stressing home owners retention and maintenance.
• Strengthen and Adopt-a-Block program to clean up and maintain homes for low-to-moderate income neighborhoods.
• Implement a program to increase home ownerhip for low-to-moderate income persons.
• Provide training and technical assistance on strategic planning, grant writing and infrastructure development to community based development organizations.

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