Maxwell Awards of Excellence

The National Vacant Properties Campaign was honored this year to partner with the Fannie Mae Foundation for the Round Sixteen Maxwell Awards of Excellence. This year’s awards did more than recognize outstanding affordable housing development – they focused on development that reclaimed vacant properties. Using vacant and abandoned properties to provide affordable homes strengthens families, makes for more vibrant neighborhoods, and increases tax revenue for cities. This year’s outstanding nonprofit applicants created thousands of affordable homes around the country, reclaiming brownfields, historic properties, vacant lots, and commercial strips. Awards were made in four categories:

Most Impressive Overall Housing Benefit

Nonprofit Developer: Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation

Project: Harold Washington Unity Cooperative

Location: Chicago, Ill.

Most Innovative Partnership

Nonprofit Developer: Women’s Institute for Housing and Economic Development, Inc.

Project: Acushnet Commons

Location: New Bedford, Mass.

Most Successful Public/Private Partnership

Nonprofit Developer: New Economics for Women

Project: Tierra del Sol

Location: Los Angeles, Calif.

Most Effective Catalyst for Community Revitalization

Nonprofit Developer: Lawrence Community Works

Project: Reviviendo Family Housing

Location: Lawrence, Mass.

Please click here to download the Maxwell Awards press release.

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