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Causes: Community Coalitions
Mission: As a not-for-profit charitable development corporation, community housing initiative, inc. Is committed to providing affordable housing to the very low, low, and moderate-income households. Our goal is to improve the quality of life and build strong relationships with existing service organizations in the communities we serve. We will pursue the education of communities in an attempt to increase public awareness of the need for affordable housing.
Programs: The development and operation of willow brook village apartments: c. H. I developed and now operates an affordable housing apartment complex with 24 2-bedroom and 32 3-bedroom units. The units are leased to families of low and moderate-income levels. In addition, c. H. I provides various other types of programs for their residents which indludes counseling in budgeting and finance, credit counseling, home maintenance, and affordable daycare coordination. The company also offers home ownership opportunities to their residents by allowing them to qualify a portion of their rent towards a down payment.
florida homebuyer opportunity credit: this program allows first-time homebuyers to get the available tax credit up front and then they are to pay it back after they get the credit from the irs once they do their taxes. As a developer, c. H. I. Is building single family homes in the cities of melbourne and cocoa that will be sold to income eligible first time homebuyers. As of june 30, 2018, c. H. I has completed over 30 infill homes. Neighborhood stabilization program: stimulus funds received from hud used to purchase foreclosed homes, rehab them and then sell them to very low to moderate income families.