BLACKLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
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Mission Statement
Affordable housing in the heart of Austin for families, seniors, disabled, singles with income less than 50% of the median family income in Austin.
About This Cause
Blackland’s accumulation and retention of affordable housing in the past 30+ years has moved the nonprofit toward its original goal of fostering an inclusive community that hosts people of all races, religions, means and personal preferences. That goal, based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s dream, remains dynamic and realizes the Blackland CDC’s lived and enduring motto: “The Dream Starts Here.” The overarching strategy to operate as an active developer in the interests of the neighborhood remains in effect today as new challenges arrive. Austin’s 2005 real estate boom brought intense speculation from private developers who have driven up the prices of property and taxes on surrounding properties. Taxes resulting from the higher appraisals have driven out many marginal families and fostered some gentrification. Blackland CDC now manages approximately 20 percent of the residential units scattered throughout the neighborhood and that assures inclusion of low-income households in the area into the foreseeable future. The nonprofit’s presence informs prospective buyers and realtors that the neighborhood will remain inclusive — that community characteristic attracts some new homebuyers and self-eliminates others. This year BCDC will begin to build the first of six “Alley Flats” - small, one or two bedroom houses located on the backs of large lots. We are also securing funding for several other projects: our proposed 8-unit apartment complex, the addition of 7 homes to our housing stock, as well as repair and updating of those additional homes.