Jeffrey Brown:
And so the arts-centered, community-driven, affordable housing project Second Story Collective was born, first matching students as renters in local residents’ homes to help with high housing costs, then raising money through state grants to pay for renovations of existing homes so older residents can age in place, and now working with community organizer De’Wayne Drummond and local developer Charles Lomax on the building of 18 homes to be owned by residents, but shared with and rented to students.
The idea, build more affordable housing, generational wealth and a diverse neighborhood, work that’s grown out of an arts project.
