Erie City Moms has transformed a blighted property on East 10th Street into a homeownership program for local mothers, providing them with education and financial savings to achieve homeownership.
The program, spearheaded by Erie City Moms, allows participating mothers to save approximately $10,000 while receiving the necessary education to purchase their own homes in Erie County. The initiative is part of a broader effort to provide long-term housing stability for mothers and their families.
Erie City Moms shows motherly love to aspiring homeowners
“To see in all of its stages to walk alongside the volunteers in all of their hard work… helping this vision come to fruition for women and families that they don’t even know,” said Amanda Burlingham, founder and executive director of Erie City Moms.
The property, once marked as blighted by the city of Erie, has been renovated into two apartments: one three-bedroom and one four-bedroom. The renovation was made possible through the dedication of hundreds of volunteers who invested thousands of hours into the project…