Check out the highlights from this spring's Neighborhood News! 

  • The Herring Run Watershed Center is on its Way!
    The Herring Run Watershed Association has been hard at work turning their building into a totally eco-friendly environment.  To learn more, click here.
  • Nicholas and Sheldon do Some Spring Cleaning
    In March, residents on the 4200 block of Nicholas pitched in for a great clean up.  To read about their accomplishments, click here.
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Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc.
An initiative designed to attract and retain dedicated homeowners to stable city neighborhoods, Healthy Neighborhoods offers low-interest mortgage loans and home improvement loans to those who qualify-along with the technical and moral support to make sure everything happens smoothly. The program is a joint effort between the city, the state, local foundations, banks, and community groups.  To learn more about Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. visit their website at www.healthyneighborhoods.org.

Belair-Edison is proud to be one of Baltimore's Healthy Neighborhoods.  Through HNI, Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc. is able to offer our current and future residents low-interest home improvement loans and grants for block improvement projects.  If you are buying or currently own a home on one of our Healthy Neighborhoods Target Blocks, you may be eligible for an acquisition/rehab loan or a refinance/rehab loan.

 

Belair-Edison's Target Blocks 
4000-4100 Ardley Avenue
4000-4100 Balfern Avenue
3400-3500 Brendan Avenue                  
3600 Brehms Lane
2600-2800 Chesterfield Avenue
3300-3400 Chesterfield Avenue
3100-3500 Dudley Avenue
3900-4100 Dudley Avenue
3900-4000 Elmora Avenue

3400 Kentucky Avenue
3500 Kenyon Avenue


3900-4000 Lyndale Avenue
3300-3500 Parklawn Avenue
4200-4300 Parkside Drive
2600-2800 Pelham Avenue
3200-3400 Ramona Avenue
4000-4100 Raymonn Avenue
3300-3500 Richmond Avenue
4200-4300 Shamrock Avenue
3000-4100 Shannon Drive
4200-4300 Sheldon Avenue
3300-3500 Woodstock Avenue

Healthy Neighborhoods Purchase/Rehab and Refinance/Rehab Loans
Healthy Neighborhoods loans offer below-market interest rates, architectural support, and no mortgage insurance.  These loans are available to homeowners living or buying on Belair-Edison Target Blocks.
For the terms of the Purchase and Refinance loans, click here.

 

Healthy Neighborhoods Home Improvement Loans
Healthy Neighborhoods home improvement loans give homeowners the freedom to make their home into their dream home.  The Home Improvement loan is a second mortgage at a below-market rate.  The loan is available to all Belair-Edison residents who qualify.  For the terms of the Home Improvement loan, click here.

 Healthy Neighborhoods Matching Grant
Thanks to a commitment of $1million from Baltimore City, borrowers may be able to qualify for a matching grant of up to $10,000 whenever they use a Healthy Neighborhoods Home Improvement Loan.  Residents of any of the Healthy Neighborhoods may be eligible. For more information, click here.
  

Home Improvement Ideas
Whether you want to turn your home into your dream home or need to make home repairs, it is always a good idea to invest in your house.  Healthy Neighborhoods is here to make your house wants and needs a reality.  Here are a few ideas on how to add value to your home:

  • Update the kitchen and/or bathroom
  • Add a full or half bath 
  • Install central airconditioning
  • Finish the basement
  • Build a deck
  • Replace windows and doors
  • Refinish hardwood floors
  • Repaint woodwork on the exterior 
  • Install landscaping

 Block Improvement Projects
Whether your block needs a sprucing up or a scrubbing down, Belair-Edison Neighborhoods is here to help you.  We have all the resources you need for a successful block project.  For a block project application, click here.
 

The Brightfuls are loving their new home in Belair-Edison.

The couple was featured in the Spring Neighborhood News.  To read their article, click here.



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