EASTMOOR REFRESHMOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI

Project Description

Population ServedThe Eastmoor Refresh project is situated in the Mississippi Delta where economic poverty, and the host of challenges that come with it, are entrenched. Eastmoor is a neighborhood outside of the rural town of Moorhead, and the history of this LIHTC development is chronicled in the attached Harper’s Magazine article from 2013.

Specific ContextToday, the project team is partnering with members of the Eastmoor community to work toward building opportunity and equity within this challenging historical context. The project team includes both traditional and nontraditional partners such as the University of Mississippi Law Clinic and the Carl Small Town Center/MSU College of Art, Architecture, and Design. The project is currently in the pre-development phase and the project team is strategizing how to respond to the context of Eastmoor through both the built environment and the ways in which completed buildings are owned and operated.

Challenges and GoalsThe project team has identified the following four goals: o Prioritize the goals of existing community members by leveraging our university based partners time commitments to maximize the quality and types of community engagement, and addressing home rehabilitations before new construction.o Maximize the long-term impact of the project through providing economic opportunities to local businesses and building workforce development into construction.o Increase access to design by offering residents a variety of floor plans and opportunities for customization within the context of a moderate budget.o Include the cost of utilities in calculations of affordability, striving to reduce monthly utility bills through energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings.

Hope Enterprise Corporation Descriptiono Primarily Low Income Housing Tax Credit development financingo Occasionally acts as General partner in LIHTC developmentso Has provided approximately $30 MM in permanent loans to LIHTC developmentso Currently the GP on 3 LIHTC developments. 2 in MS, 1 in LA. o Typically works with smaller rural developments with under $1.5 MM total permanent loan and less than 60 units total

EASTMOOR REFRESHMOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI

Project Description

Population ServedThe Eastmoor Refresh project is situated in the Mississippi Delta where economic poverty, and the host of challenges that come with it, are entrenched. Eastmoor is a neighborhood outside of the rural town of Moorhead, and the history of this LIHTC development is chronicled in the attached Harper’s Magazine article from 2013.

Specific ContextToday, the project team is partnering with members of the Eastmoor community to work toward building opportunity and equity within this challenging historical context. The project team includes both traditional and nontraditional partners such as the University of Mississippi Law Clinic and the Carl Small Town Center/MSU College of Art, Architecture, and Design. The project is currently in the pre-development phase and the project team is strategizing how to respond to the context of Eastmoor through both the built environment and the ways in which completed buildings are owned and operated.

Challenges and GoalsThe project team has identified the following four goals: o Prioritize the goals of existing community members by leveraging our university based partners time commitments to maximize the quality and types of community engagement, and addressing home rehabilitations before new construction.o Maximize the long-term impact of the project through providing economic opportunities to local businesses and building workforce development into construction.o Increase access to design by offering residents a variety of floor plans and opportunities for customization within the context of a moderate budget.o Include the cost of utilities in calculations of affordability, striving to reduce monthly utility bills through energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings.

Hope Enterprise Corporation Descriptiono Primarily Low Income Housing Tax Credit development financingo Occasionally acts as General partner in LIHTC developmentso Has provided approximately $30 MM in permanent loans to LIHTC developmentso Currently the GP on 3 LIHTC developments. 2 in MS, 1 in LA. o Typically works with smaller rural developments with under $1.5 MM total permanent loan and less than 60 units total

EASTMOOR REFRESHMOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI

Project Description

Population ServedThe Eastmoor Refresh project is situated in the Mississippi Delta where economic poverty, and the host of challenges that come with it, are entrenched. Eastmoor is a neighborhood outside of the rural town of Moorhead, and the history of this LIHTC development is chronicled in the attached Harper’s Magazine article from 2013.

Specific ContextToday, the project team is partnering with members of the Eastmoor community to work toward building opportunity and equity within this challenging historical context. The project team includes both traditional and nontraditional partners such as the University of Mississippi Law Clinic and the Carl Small Town Center/MSU College of Art, Architecture, and Design. The project is currently in the pre-development phase and the project team is strategizing how to respond to the context of Eastmoor through both the built environment and the ways in which completed buildings are owned and operated.

Challenges and GoalsThe project team has identified the following four goals: o Prioritize the goals of existing community members by leveraging our university based partners time commitments to maximize the quality and types of community engagement, and addressing home rehabilitations before new construction.o Maximize the long-term impact of the project through providing economic opportunities to local businesses and building workforce development into construction.o Increase access to design by offering residents a variety of floor plans and opportunities for customization within the context of a moderate budget.o Include the cost of utilities in calculations of affordability, striving to reduce monthly utility bills through energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings.

Hope Enterprise Corporation Descriptiono Primarily Low Income Housing Tax Credit development financingo Occasionally acts as General partner in LIHTC developmentso Has provided approximately $30 MM in permanent loans to LIHTC developmentso Currently the GP on 3 LIHTC developments. 2 in MS, 1 in LA. o Typically works with smaller rural developments with under $1.5 MM total permanent loan and less than 60 units total

Phil Eide joined Hope Enterprise Corporation in September 2000. He helped to create and manage a mortgage department for the company, coordinated HOPE’s efforts to rebuild the coastal areas devastated by Katrina and works on New Market and Housing Tax Credit developments for HOPE. Phil was a Housing and Urban Development fellow before joining HOPE. He previously served as Executive Director of Jackson Metro Housing Partnership, the largest nonprofit housingorganization in the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. He obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from Jackson State University. He served on the Federal Home Loan Bank

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of Dallas Advisory Board and served on the Governor’s Task Force for Affordable Housing after Hurricane Katrina. He is a board member of the Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation, the Mississippi Association of Affordable Housing Providers, Housing Mississippi, Working Together Jackson, American Heart Association Southeastern Committee and NeighborWorks Rural Advisory Committee.

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POPULATION SERVEDThe Eastmoor Refresh project is situated in the Mississippi Delta where economic poverty, and the host of challenges that come with it, are entrenched. Eastmoor is a neighborhood outside of the rural town of Moorhead, and the history of this LIHTC development is chronicled in a Harper’s Magazine article from 2013.

SPECIFIC CONTEXTToday, the project team is partnering with members of the Eastmoor community to work toward building opportunity and equity within this challenging historical context. The project team includes both traditional and nontraditional partners such as the University of Mississippi Law Clinic and the Carl Small Town Center/MSU College of Art, Architecture, and Design. The project is currently in the pre-development phase and the project team is strategizing how to respond to the context of Eastmoor through both the built environment and the ways in which completed buildings are owned and operated.

CHALLENGES AND GOALS• Prioritize the goals of existing community members

by leveraging our university based partners time commitments to maximize the quality and types of community engagement, and addressing home rehabilitations before new construction.

• Maximize the long-term impact of the project through providing economic opportunities to local businesses and building workforce development into construction.

• Increase access to design by offering residents a variety offloorplansandopportunitiesforcustomizationwithin the context of a moderate budget.

• Include the cost of utilities in calculations of affordability, striving to reduce monthly utility bills throughenergyefficientandresponsiblebuildings.

PROJECT INFORMATIONDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

New Construction Rehabilitation/Preservation Scattered Site Infill

HOUSING TYPOLOGYMulti-Family (Townhouse)Single Family

RESIDENTIAL UNIT INFORMATION• 15 new homes planned• 3 duplexes (one two-bedroom and one

three-bedroom unit each)• 3 one-bedroom homes• 3 three-bedroom homes• 3 four-bedroom homes

NON-RESIDENTIAL FEATURES Community SpaceOfficesService SpaceOpen SpaceRecreation/Exercise Room

• Other:• Recreation space (play

equipment, a basketball court, and community center sites)

• Washeteria or Police Substation• Private pay lake, a revenue

generating resource for the neighborhood association

• Recently updated sewer system

PROJECT SUMMARY

INSTITUTE OUTCOMES• Our team is spread out geographically – we want to

spend time together to focus on the project.• We want to design workforce development

opportunities into the project. Many of the employment issues in the Delta are related to a skills gap, not an opportunity gap.

• We want to explore possibilities for deep green at the neighborhood scale. What are other groups doing in terms of sustainability?

Schematic Elevations

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Elevations - Schematic Design

Juxtaposition of New and Existing

The design team developed the two elevations at right based on a desire to respect the existing aesthetic while addressing the shortcomings of the initial development. New homes will differ from rehabilitated homes through their elevated foundations, size, and quality of construction. A commitment to energy efficiency and opportunities for customization will also characterize these structures.

New homes will share style and material elements with existing structures through gable roofs and strategic brick cladding, a material specifically requested by residents. The team currently proposes that new and existing homes will also all feature screen porches. These outdoor, communal spaces will be designed into the new home’s floor plans and added to existing homes as a component of rehabilitation.

Finally, designs and construction documents will be developed in partnership with builders to maximize opportunities for job training, a particular need within the Mississippi Delta and the construction industry.

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Elevations - Schematic Design

Juxtaposition of New and Existing

The design team developed the two elevations at right based on a desire to respect the existing aesthetic while addressing the shortcomings of the initial development. New homes will differ from rehabilitated homes through their elevated foundations, size, and quality of construction. A commitment to energy efficiency and opportunities for customization will also characterize these structures.

New homes will share style and material elements with existing structures through gable roofs and strategic brick cladding, a material specifically requested by residents. The team currently proposes that new and existing homes will also all feature screen porches. These outdoor, communal spaces will be designed into the new home’s floor plans and added to existing homes as a component of rehabilitation.

Finally, designs and construction documents will be developed in partnership with builders to maximize opportunities for job training, a particular need within the Mississippi Delta and the construction industry.

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EASTMOOR REFRESHMOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI

Schematic New Construction Site Plan

Rehabilitation of HomesAlmost all of the current property owners endured the ordeal of the neglect of the Eastmoor neighborhood by the original developer and local governments. Through the success of the lawsuit brought by the University of Mississippi Law Clinic, many of these owners now hold the deeds to the properties they have purchased. Despite this success, foundation and other construction problems need to be addressed, and many of the new owners are hesitant or cannot qualify to take on new debt for repairs. Within this context, the project team is seeking creative responses to providing a mix of grants and low or no interest loans to rehabilitate or replace these homes.

New Housing Shown at right, fifteen new homes are currently planned for the Eastmoor Refresh. Responding the the aesthetic and community context, a mix of size and types of units are proposed including three duplexes (with one two-bedroom and one three-bedroom unit each), three one bedroom homes (possibly donated Katrina Cottages), three three-bedroom homes, and three four-bedroom homes.

The three and four bedroom floor plans will be designed to accommodate multi-generational families with varying numbers and ages of residents. New homes are intermixed with existing homes.

Public spaceCommunity leaders have formed a resident’s association, and have articulated potential commerical nad public uses for the former park and community center sites. Here, the park space is left open for recreation (play equipment, a basketball court, and shaded seating), while the community center structure is replaced with what could be a washeteria and/or police sub-station adjacent to a private pay lake. Though this small lake is shown in the site plan, the concept of a revenue generating resource for the resident’s assoiciation is the basis for this idea more than a lake itself.

InfrastructureAs a result of the lawsuit, the sewer system has recently been updated and the streets will be repaved in the near future. Community members have also articulated a strong desire for new and improved sidewalks.

The neighborhood as a whole has experienced frequently flooding over the years, and rainwater management infrastructure is needed on a large scale. The pay lake referenced above is a first gesture toward addressing this issue, but additional efforts such as clearing drainage channels, grading and rain gardens will be necessary to protect both existing and new buildings.

EASTMOOR REFRESHMOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI

Schematic New Construction Site Plan

Rehabilitation of HomesAlmost all of the current property owners endured the ordeal of the neglect of the Eastmoor neighborhood by the original developer and local governments. Through the success of the lawsuit brought by the University of Mississippi Law Clinic, many of these owners now hold the deeds to the properties they have purchased. Despite this success, foundation and other construction problems need to be addressed, and many of the new owners are hesitant or cannot qualify to take on new debt for repairs. Within this context, the project team is seeking creative responses to providing a mix of grants and low or no interest loans to rehabilitate or replace these homes.

New Housing Shown at right, fifteen new homes are currently planned for the Eastmoor Refresh. Responding the the aesthetic and community context, a mix of size and types of units are proposed including three duplexes (with one two-bedroom and one three-bedroom unit each), three one bedroom homes (possibly donated Katrina Cottages), three three-bedroom homes, and three four-bedroom homes.

The three and four bedroom floor plans will be designed to accommodate multi-generational families with varying numbers and ages of residents. New homes are intermixed with existing homes.

Public spaceCommunity leaders have formed a resident’s association, and have articulated potential commerical nad public uses for the former park and community center sites. Here, the park space is left open for recreation (play equipment, a basketball court, and shaded seating), while the community center structure is replaced with what could be a washeteria and/or police sub-station adjacent to a private pay lake. Though this small lake is shown in the site plan, the concept of a revenue generating resource for the resident’s assoiciation is the basis for this idea more than a lake itself.

InfrastructureAs a result of the lawsuit, the sewer system has recently been updated and the streets will be repaved in the near future. Community members have also articulated a strong desire for new and improved sidewalks.

The neighborhood as a whole has experienced frequently flooding over the years, and rainwater management infrastructure is needed on a large scale. The pay lake referenced above is a first gesture toward addressing this issue, but additional efforts such as clearing drainage channels, grading and rain gardens will be necessary to protect both existing and new buildings.

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PROCESS &PRODUCT

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CONSIDERINGALL COSTS

Architecture students from Mississippi State University and social scientists and community lawyers from the University of Mississippi will facilitate community engagement. The rebuilding of this existing neighborhood will consider the past. Respect of the experiences, history, and previous investment of the occupants is the key to success.

Utilizing funding not just as a means toward realizing housing, the project team will apply lessons learned in piloting job training programs to overcome skills gaps in the local economy. Education is important for economic development as well as helping occupants be happier and healthier.

Thoughtful design does not have to equate to elevated costs. A home well-suited to its occupants is more likely to foster an environment supportive of aspirations. A mixture of new homes and renovations of existing homes will return Eastmoor Estates to what it once was.

Deep green, real sustainable housing considers community equity, first costs, cost of operation, occupant health, AND environmental impacts. This redevelopment will consider all aspects of sustainable housing.

HOPE is a family of development organizations dedicated to strengthening communities, building assets and improving lives in the Delta and other economically distressed parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Comprised of a regional credit union (Hope Credit Union), loan fund (Hope Enterprise Corporation) and policy center (Hope Policy Institute), HOPE has provided �nancial services, leveraged private and public resources, and shaped policies that have bene�ted more than 650,000 residents in one of the nation’s most persistently poor regions.

The Low-Income Housing Clinic is part of Clinical Programs at the University of Mississippi School of Law. Students assist individuals and families facing eviction or foreclosure and victims of illegal lockouts and predatory lending practices. They take responsibility for the management of their own cases, meet with clients, interview witnesses, draft motions and pleadings and appear in court.

The Eastmoor Estates Residents Association is an organization of homeowners and tenants dedicated to the revitalization and redevelopment of their neighborhood.

Design Build Solutions is a social impact design build �rm that works at the intersection of market forces and public interest. It values process as much as product, believes that waste is a social construct, and prioritizes a sensitive translation between unique local challenges and design in all of its projects.

Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture o�ers an intense, carefully structured, and rich array of courses that constitute a solid foundation for architecture practice. Professional education intertwines the spatial, visual, technical, and conceptual content of architecture and prepares students to think synthetically and make a regenerative contribution to the world. The school is part of the College of Architecture, Art, and Design, which also includes the Department of Art, the Interior Design Program, and the Building Construction Science Program.

The Carl Small Town Center is one of two research centers within the School of Architecture and the College of Architecture, Art, and Design at Mississippi State University. The center seeks to initiate research and serves as a national focus for issues of special interest in small towns. Projects include research, service, and assistance – all activities that support the university’s commitment to serve as a major contributor to the economic development of the state of Mississippi.

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