Eat problems for breakfast. Work without support staff. Go home exhausted every day. Feel truly fulfilled for the first time in your career, knowing you’ve helped transform the lives of people who needed a decent place to live.
St. Mary Development and the HomeOwnership Center of Greater Dayton are hiring a Communication Director. You can read the complete job descriptions here:
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Wanted: Communication Director for St. Mary Development and Homeownership Center
Incredible housing values available through Neighborhood Stabilization ProgramSt. Mary Development Corporation is holding a ribbon cutting and open house for two of its newly rehabbed Neighborhood Stabilization Program homes. The event, on April 18 from 1 to 3 pm at 50 Ringgold Street in Dayton, will provide the opportunity to tour homes at 38 and 50 Ringgold. The City of Dayton provided St. Mary Development with Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ... View Article 
How affordable are Ohio rents?Just finished reading the National Low Income Housing Coalition's study, "Out of Reach." It's an annual study that illustrates how difficult it is for many people to afford a safe, decent place to live. Here's what their data shows: Out of Reach is a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, Metropolitan Area (MSAs/HMFAs), combined nonmetropolitan area and state... View Article 
Can you imagine living in this apartment building?!
The beginning of the video in this post shows Marvin Gardens Apartments before St. Mary Development renovated them. The building was full of mold and bedbugs. There were leaks. Paint was peeling. Hallways were dark. And people were living there in the squalor.
It's difficult for me to imagine what it was like living at Marvin Gardens before we transformed it into 25 safe, clean, affo... View Article / Video 
Grace is at it again (and now she has some help)
You may have read my post about how my 6-year-old daughter Grace raised $453 to help the seniors who live in St. Mary Development's low-income apartments. Pretty incredible.
I wrote, "Sometimes we feel like we’re imposing when we ask family and friends to help provide decent homes and basic services to the needy. But Grace’s example shows the joy that comes in asking others to... View Article / Video 
Up a creek but he has a paddle
Some people might say being homeless is like being up a creek without a paddle. But Pat and Ron aren't homeless any more and Pat has a paddle. He has a kayak, too.
As a fundraiser for Children's Medical Center, Pat plans to kayak 85 miles upstream from Cincinnati to Dayton. Ron will bicycle along the way and collect donations. The men, who are both veterans (Pat a Marine and Ron, Army... View Article 
Affordable housing changes lives
I was at the grand opening of the Eaton Senior Villas last week. The 44 apartment homes are beautiful and I had a chance to chat with some of the residents.
One couple who had just moved in told me the only other apartment they could find was $100 a month more expensive and was small and poorly maintained. They were thrilled to have a safe, decent, clean place to live. The video ab... View Article / Video 
A few good men
Ten men living in different parts of the country -- from Florida to Idaho to New York to Tennessee.
Ten men with varied backgrounds -- from farmer to technical director to school principal to retired military. Ten men with a passion for helping others. Ten men who aren't afraid to roll up their sleeves. Ten men who are all finalists in the Sears Dads Making a Difference Con... View Article 
Help Richard Freeman win $30,000 for a Dayton-area community project
Richard Freeman lead the effort to rehab the house of a single mom with three autistic kids in Kettering. Because of his faith, passion and leadership, Richard has been selected as one of 10 national finalists in the Sears Blue Tool Crew’s Dads Making a Difference contest. As a finalist, Richard will receive $3,000 in tools that his church’s Men’s Ministry will use for future outreach proj... View Article
Celebrating partnerships during NeighborWorks Week
We couldn't accomplish what we do without partners. Since St. Mary Development started more than 20 years ago, we've relied on partnerships to create 2,500+ housing units and prevent more than 1,500 foreclosures. Our nonprofit has been blessed with many talented people and supporters but we know we can't do it all by ourselves. So we focus what we do best and partner with others who have stre... View Article / Video
1,530 foreclosures prevented
Every red dot is a foreclosure prevented. Every red dot is a family that still has a place to live. Every red dot is stability for people whose lives were nearly thrown into chaos.
As the map shows, our HomeOwnership Center has prevented 1,530 foreclosures in the Dayton area. I've been blessed to meet many of the families whose homes have been saved. They're hard-working and conscient... View Article 
Expanded directory now helps Hamilton, Brown and Clermont county residents find affordable and emergency housing
In May alone, the ThankfulHome.org housing directory was visited more than 650 times. That figure should increase significantly since we've added housing programs from Hamilton, Brown and Clermont counties. The database already included eight Ohio counties: Butler, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Warren.
With the new additions, the directory now includes more than... View Article 
Despair and hope on Lawn Street
Pastor Scott Davidson and I stand on the edge of Lawn Street, along with Pastors Stan Tharp and Rich Clay. The three tell me about the Isaiah 58 Project which refers to the Old Testament verse that says "If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness."
Scott points to a nice little house and tells me s... View Article |
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