WITHOUT WALLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

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WITHOUT WALLS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (WOW-CDC) PARTNERED WITH THE MOHCD and THE MISSION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (MEDA) IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET to SAVE A 6-UNIT BUILDING IN THE WA FROM OUTSIDE INVESTORS BY USING THE SSP. THE OUTSIDE INVESTORS PLANNED to ELLIS ACT THE BUILDING, EVICT THE RESIDENTS, RENOVATE IT, ADDING TWO UNITS, and RE-OPEN IT AT MARKET RENTS. of THE SIX TENANTS, FIVE ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, FIVE ARE SENIORS. IF EVICTED, THE TENANTS WOULD HAVE HAD to LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO. BY PURCHASING THE BUILDING FROM THE INVESTORS, OUR GROUP ALLOWED THESE RESIDENTS to REMAIN IN THE CITY. THEYLL RETURN to THEIR UNITS UPON RENOVATION COMPLETION WITH TWO ADDED UNITS of AFFORDABLE HOUSING. RACIAL EQUITY and ECONOMIC INCLUSION WERE PROVIDED to 5 RESIDENTS and MAYBE 7. 8 UNITS of HOUSING WERE ADDED to THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK AD INFINITEM, PROVIDING EQUITY and INCLUSION ON AN ONGOING BASIS.THE ORGANIZATION BEGAN PARTNERING WITH MCCORMICK, BARON SALAZAR ON THE COMPLE