First Time Home Buying
African Community Economic Development Corporation (ACEDONE) proposes to administer and coordinate services for the Pre-Purchase Educational Component of the Homebuyer Education Program, a program of services designed to provide enhanced outreach and marketing to potential homebuyers; to evaluate and respond flexibly to emerging needs for updated course materials and educational offerings; to provide accessibly and efficiently operated classes, one-on-one counseling, and following-up services, which increase homebuyer success and promote utilization of the City’s other homebuyer assistance resources. ACEDONE will provide a minimum of 16 eight-hour classes in English and will graduate a minimum of 200-400 potential homebuyers.
Real Estate Development
ACEDONE is seeking to become the developer of two affordable housing projects, which are coupled with mixed-use applications such as retail, daycare, and market rate housing. To this end we have assembled a development team from local professionals with experience in these neighborhoods:
an architect with experience working in Boston
an engineer with experience with local projects
construction contractors with residence in Boston areas served
subcontractors with residence in Boston areas served
identify properties already considered: