Baker Street
Dover
A true community partnership…
Elise Ostrowski and her two sons moved into their renovated home on Baker Street in Dover the week before Christmas, 2005. An old, post-World War II house originally stood on the property. Volunteer Russ Moran, who oversaw much of the construction efforts on the site, said that he and his team “basically gutted the entire house” in the spring of 2005 and redid the interior.
Morris Habitat’s 27th completed project is a three-bedroom townhouse with beautifully refinished wood floors, a finished basement, and a new deck in the back. Eagle Scout Josh Merrell organized a scout group to do the landscaping and Lawler Railing & Metal Design of Mine Hill donated a wrought iron railing for the front entrance. Architect Gary Irwin contributed the plans.
Morris Habitat was delighted to be working in Dover, which has become the eighth community within the county with a Habitat home. The dedication ceremony on October 2, 2005, was attended by Dover Mayor Javier Marin and other well-wishers.
This collaborative enterprise brought together a governmental agency—the Morris County Housing Authority—and a private, non-profit, largely volunteer organization—Morris Habitat for Humanity. The Housing Authority purchased the foreclosed home through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Morris Habitat used its significant force of volunteers, working with our staff and the homeowner, to transform this property into a comfortable home. Morris Habitat holds the mortgage.
Other agencies involved in the Dover project include the Dover Housing Authority, Morris County Community Development, and the Housing Partnership for Morris County. The Housing Partnership provided the homeownership education, Community Development supplied the funds to purchase the home and the Dover Housing Authority guided Elise through the Family Self-Sufficiency program that helps public assistance clients develop job skills and save money.
To ensure affordability, the home complies with COAH regulations and has a thirty-year deed restriction on resale—the home may only be sold to another qualified low-income family during this time period.
Congratulations to Elise on her new house and a big “THANK YOU” to all the volunteers who made it possible!
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Large Financial Supporters
Morris County Community Development
The Provident Bank Foundation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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