PRIORITY AREA: HOUSING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
HOME IS THE HEART OF AMANI DC & AU Revitalize Homes and Invest in Amani Residents
The Amani Neighborhood Re- vitalization Plan and the work of the Dominican Center and Amani United informed 2023 community organizing and improvement activities. For example, DC’s organizer recruited and helped train resi- dent leaders and Amani youth to survey housing conditions using Reclaiming Our Neigh- borhood (RON) surveys. Resi- dents canvassed 3,584 parcels surveyed on all 130 blocks in the Amani neighborhood to
complete surveys about the exterior conditions of Amani housing stock. For broader neighborhood awareness, the survey team also informed res- idents, both renters and own- ers, about the survey, Amani United, and Amani revitaliza- tion efforts. Survey results will help drive housing improve- ment efforts in the neighbor- hood, including Amani’s Block by Block program.
to do the job. This program, along with other resident-led efforts, allowed DC to dis- tribute $13,000 in stipends to Amani residents for volunteer work. This allows residents to be a part of their own neigh- borhood revitalization and get paid to do the work.
To complete these surveys, DC enlisted Amani residents
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