The Fuller Center Project is dedicated to giving rehabbed existing Louisville homes to in need candidates.

Since my last report, the Community Relations Committee of the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors  has been very active in numerous projects, thus creating the need for several sub-committees to support each effort. One of our year’s new projects of 2010 is “The Fuller Center Project”. Rather than building a new home for a person in need and just releasing the title to them upon completion, like Habitat for Hummanity does, the Fuller Center Project’s mission is to repair, remodel and rehabilitate existing Louisville houses so that they can be ultimaltey be owned by the person in need after a trial rental period of one year. After a year of compliance, an ownership payment plan is established and the deed is turned over to the individual at that time. This rental period is to help ensure that the candidate recieving the home will be able to make the payments on the home that are required as well as make sure that they have the dedication that is needed to upkeep and care for the property.  This particular sub-committee of the Community Relations Committee is chaired by Grace Patterson. The Fuller Center Project had the consistant challenge as with many of our other projects do, which is funding.  Through Grace’s dedication and passion to this great cause, our committee unanimously approved to support this effort and we ultimately received a financial commitment from our Louisville Board of Realtors which was then matched by a supporting grant as well!  This has provided a great stimulus for upcoming projects for Louisville houses.   It is so encouraging for us to see such great progress in the short 8 months of 2010 so far and we look forward to seeing what we can accomplish by year’s end! If you have any questions about The Fuller Center Project or any of our other events, please do not hesitate to give me a call!