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Home repair effort starts

Selected houses in the 2nd and 4th wards will be part of the Group Workcamps project in July.

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Staff Report 12:53 AM Monday, November 30, 2009

HAMILTON — Supports to Encourage Low-income Families, a co-sponsor of Hamilton’s 2010 Group Workcamps project, and the Site Identification Committee mailed more than 500 home repair applications to select homeowners in the 2nd and 4th wards.

These applications were sent to owner-occupied homes of low-income, elderly and/or disabled residents, and are expected to be returned to SELF no later than Dec. 18.

All pre-selected applicants fit the criteria developed by the Site Identification Committee as recommended by the Group Workcamps Foundation. All applicants are owners of the homes that are potential work sites and are low-income families with small children, elderly and/or disabled residents in the 2nd or 4th wards.

The Group Workcamps project applications are the first step in determining homes that might receive repairs during camp week, July 4-10. Between 60 and 80 homes will become work sites. Neither SELF nor Group Workcamps guarantees a home will receive repairs until the week before the camp.

The second step will occur in January, when committee and community volunteers will conduct personal interviews and home evaluations.

The Group Workcamps Foundation will send staff members in the spring to begin developing work plans.

Since the initiative was first announced in June, Duke Energy, the Butler Metropolitan Housing Authority and individuals have contributed a total of $2,050 to the project.

For more information on volunteering or donating to the project, call (513) 868-9300.

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