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Habitat affiliate pitches preservation-and-repair partnership as city considers using CRA dollars
Summary
Habitat for Humanity of Lake and Sumter County presented its preservation and repair program to the City of Eustis commission, describing eligibility, typical costs and outcomes and prompting commissioners to discuss using Community Redevelopment Area funds and other matches to expand repairs across the city. No formal funding decision was made.
Danielle Stroud, chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity of Lake and Sumter County, told the City of Eustis commission on May 1 that the affiliate can manage a preservation-and-repair program that focuses on health, safety and accessibility work for low-income homeowners.
Stroud described the affiliate’s typical scope and scale and why she said the program complements building new homes. "We predominantly focus on health, safety and accessibility," she said. "When we go into a home and we do a scope of work, we are looking for everything, not just what the homeowner has identified as their issue."
The presentation explained why preservation work matters: maintaining existing affordable housing prevents displacement and preserves housing stock. Stroud said the affiliate is on track this fiscal year to complete about 40 home repairs across Lake and Sumter counties…
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