Organizations can help you achieve homeownership in Martindale Brightwood

Buying and owning a home is not as easy as it used to be, especially for families living in neighborhoods like Martindale Brightwood. However, affordable housing may not be as unattainable as some may think. The Recorder reached out to a few local organizations to discuss all the programs, resources and key characters available to help those looking to achieve homeownership in the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood. Martindale Brightwood Community Development Corporation (CDC) Martindale Brightwood CDC has been helping residents build a sustainable neighborhood for the last 32 years, according to Joi Harmon, deputy director of Martindale Brightwood CDC. The main goal of the organization is to help people find and obtain affordable housing and assist in economic development, education and environmental justice. This comes in the form of a series of free training and workshops alongside community building, neighborhood advocacy and, for the first time in more than a decade, developing new housing at an affordable rate. Martindale Brightwood CDC recently developed six affordable townhomes on the 2400 Block of Rural Street, two of which have already been sold to local families. “Our approach has been to build and to do development one block at a time,” Harmon said. “We...