AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR WORKING PEOPLE BRINGS VALUE AND STABILITY TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND RESTORES HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES TO MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.
Is Rockford ready to grow?
Rockford needs your voice.
PlatFORM Group VP Ron Clewer analyzes recent articles by the Wall Street Journal & Realtor.com (paywall), DailyMail, Rock River Current and others that examine Rockford’s recent dramatic increase in home prices – as well as the declining for-sale inventory.
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Avon Street Project:
As Featured on WIFR
The PlatFORM Group is making headlines with the Avon Street Project, a $45 million affordable housing initiative that’s transforming Rockford’s west side.
In their recent feature, WIFR highlights the vision behind the project, which will bring:
- 116 Affordable Homes: Apartments, duplexes and single-family housing.
- Community Development: Artist lofts, an early childhood center and commercial spaces.
- Neighborhood Revitalization: Economic opportunities and a vibrant community hub.
Our Mission
PlatFORM is a mission-driven, private not-for-profit corporation dedicated to using our skills and financial resources to build and extend a planning platform intended to defeat the housing affordability crisis experienced by too many working people in our community.
The Avon Street Development
Our mixed-use project is our first aspirational brick-and-mortar catalyst for closing the housing affordability gap in the Rockford Region.
How Does Affordable Housing Differ From Public Housing?
The terms affordable housing and public housing are frequently used interchangeably, causing a lot of confusion in the process. They are two very different types of housing with different qualifying criteria. The problem is that by confusing the terms, many people who are struggling to afford rent don’t realize they may actually qualify for help.
UNCOVER THE FACTSIT’S WORKING IN OTHER CITIES, IT CAN WORK IN ROCKFORD, AS WELL.
185-unit development
10 efficiencies, 65 one-bedroom, 62
two-bedroom, 10 three-bedroom units.
100 units, multi-use, senior housing
Read Our Letters of Support & Our Responses to the Concerns of Rockford Elected Officials
Making change is not easy when it comes to our affordable housing crisis. Read these letters of support.
Reflections on Affordability
Housing IS Infrastructure
Ron Clewer, Vice President
There is an urgent need for both infrastructure and workforce planning at the regional level.
A Reflection on Atlanta – Housing.
Ron Clewer, Vice President
To inspire us to think big, we had the opportunity to visit the Atlanta Housing Authority and see the work they are doing under the HUD Choice Neighborhoods Award they received.
Cheap Housing. Affordable Housing. What Does it Mean and Why We Need to Pay Attention.
Ron Clewer, Vice President
What happens when cheap housing takes the place of affordable housing? What happens when cheap housing is not affordable anymore?
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PLATFORM NEWS & RESOURCES
- Avon Street Project Featured on WIFR: Transforming Rockford’s West Side
- Affordable Housing Coming Soon to Ellis Heights: PlatFORM Group Announces New Development on Avon Street
- The Future of Affordable Housing in Our Region Needs Your Voice!
- RHDC Breaks Ground on new PlatFORM Group Name, Celebrates Upcoming Groundbreaking for new Affordable Housing Solutions
- Rockford City Council Paves The Way For New Affordable Housing On Rockford’s West Side
- Exterior Rehab Program Now Open through August 8