Housing CommitteeBelow is a list of some of the Housing Committee's projects. In addition to rehab, we have also gained experience with the city's "Nuisance Abatement" program. With these new and somewhat untried laws, we purchased the land at 615 E. Epworth Avenue in 2004 after successfully getting the leaning house torn down by the Mortgage company that foreclosed on the property. A more difficult case was the structure at 4668 North Edgewood, referred to as "the Red House". The owner was of the opinion that a few boards and a splash of paint would abate the fact that the house was slowly sinking and toppling over. In June of 2007, after we were finally able to take legal responsibility for the problem, we tore the house down, much to the satisfaction of those homeowners nearby.Our hopes are to entice a home builder to build great looking houses there or to undertake the construction of a new home ourselves. Our newest project is the acquisition at 742 Keenan Avenue in may of 2007. This two bedroom stucco home comes with 7 lots that form a magnificent but difficult to manage yard. The biggest hurdle was that the previous tenant of this rented house used it as junk storage and over the last 4 years and she had amassed so much rubbish that it piled up to within a foot of the 9-foot ceilings on all 3 floors! Every square foot of floors space including the stairwells was piled deep in this mess. To make matters worse, animals had gotten inside and defecated on the surfaces of all the rubbish. An enormous expenditure of manpower was required to gather, bag and remove all the rubbish before we could even survey the interior for needed rehab. After that task, we gutted the insides down to the studs, and replaced plaster with drywall, replaced weak or damaged floor supports and installed an entire nee infrastructure, such as all new electric, plumbing, flooring, walls, windows, roofing, all exterior concrete...you name it and it was updated! Our last accomplishment is the property at 4646 N. Edgewood. We acquired the property in late January of 2006 and transformed it from the greasy eyesore it is into a structurally sound, great looking property. We were very pleased that Margaret Hardebeck bought it. Her home further up on Edgewood burnt down and its great that she chose to stay in Winton Place and was able to stay on the same street.. This is the 11th house the WPDC has rehabbed and restored to the community as a good home. Our previous project was 4450 Station Avenue. This two bedroom house was a Fannie Mae acquisition and with a secluded location, great hardwood flooring accented by restored woodwork, it was purchased by a young couple just starting their own family. This is the 10th home the WPDC will have rehabbed and returned to the neighborhood in its continuing effort to keep Winton Place a great residential community. Completed in March of 2004 was the rescue of 520 Flatt Terrace from being abandoned and foreclosed. The Housing Committee has updated and upgraded this two bedroom home and are pleased to announce it was bought by two sisters, already familiar with people from the Winton Place community. This is the 9th house the WPDC has rehabbed and restored to the community as owner-occupied. Completed in May of 2002 the project at 4658 North Edgewood was a major undertaking by the Housing Committee's dedication to residential rehabilitation. This project involved the total reconstruction of the interior and exterior of the home along with a long list of upgrades. It was considered by virtually all involved as a tremendous success and we wish its new owner many happy years in it. In 2000, the WPDC Housing Committee rehabbed the home on 615 Orient Ave, by minor kitchen repair and carpeting. We had previously rehabbed this property and needed only to perform small amounts of work.
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