Urban Homeworks 2023 in Review As we near the end of 2023, we want to take a moment to celebrate some of this year’s accomplishments together as an Urban Homeworks community! Your support and dedication have been instrumental in making this year a success.
Dignified Rentals We made progress on our Elliot rental property. After months of dealing with insurance and the City of Minneapolis, Urban Homeworks was able to demolish the duplex on Elliot that caught fire in the final week of December 2022. We are hard at work planning redevelopment that will best serve the community and look forward to sharing about that more in the coming year.
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Nearly 400 residents found “home” in an Urban Homeworks’ dignified rental. Of those who rent from Urban Homeworks and disclose their demographics, 89% are BIPOC, 63% are families with children, and 30% where unhoused at the time of move-in.
Urban Homeworks is working in specific neighborhoods to address safety concerns. We continue to evolve our peacekeeping efforts in response to community feedback. We prioritized holding community listening sessions in 2023 to determine peacekeeping activities that best serve the specific needs of neighborhoods facing upticks in crime and violence.