Woodlawn Trustees announced the opening of 718 E. 11th Street, the 10th affordable housing renovation.
Under the grant, Woodlawn Trustees will renovate 20 vacant homes to provide housing for individuals and families at 80% of the area median income under a program announced by Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki.
The home has been renovated, with lead-paint remediation, new windows, new flooring, a new roof, updated bathroom w/ laundry facilities on the second floor, and a renovated kitchen. The home has a living room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms, and one bath with laundry facilities and a backyard deck.
The renovations were completed by the facilities staff of Woodlawn Trustees, and TAG Construction, a minority-owned contractor.
Woodlawn Trustees has been a provider of affordable rental housing in the City of Wilmington since the early 1900’s; with housing at the newly built Flats on Union Street, and over 100 units on the East Side of Wilmington.
Woodlawn is an organization derived from the holdings and philanthropy of Quaker industrialist Samuel Bancroft. Woodlawn invests in affordable housing in Wilmington and in preserving land from development. Woodlawn, at times, at times has run afoul of suburban neighborhood groups when it sells off tracts for development in order to continue its mission.
Further information is available from Woodlawn Trustees at (302) 655-6215, or online at www.woodlawntrustees.com.
