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MulDer Square
Revitalization Underway
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By Gary Lenker,
Executive Director, Tri-County Housing Development Corp.
MulDer Square is a joint revitalization
project with the Commonwealth, the
City of Harrisburg, Tri-County Housing
Development Corp., the Harrisburg Housing
Authority, Brethren Housing and Tri-County
Community Action.
The boundaries of the project are the
Mulberr y Street Bridge, 13th Street,
T h o m p s o n a n d K i t t a t i n n y S t r e e t s.
Rehabilitation of Derry and Mulberry
Streets are key infrastructure pieces that
include traffic calming measures, new
streetscapes, trees, lighting and improved
sidewalks.
In May of 2017, one of the City's key partners, the Tri-County Housing Development
Corp. (TCHDC), began work on one of the
major housing developments on Hummel
Street. TCHDC is a 501(c)(3) not for
profit Community Housing Development
Organization, whose mission is to promote
and develop affordable housing for low and
moderate income families. TCHDC tore
down five blighted homes in the 200 block
of Hummel Street and will be replacing
them with four new townhomes at a cost
of about $125,000.00 to build each unit.
The four new townhouses will be 1,200
square feet with three bedrooms and 1 ½
bathrooms as well as a full basement. They
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Renderings by KD3 Design Studio
he historic South Allison Hill, Harrisburg,
neighborhood of "MulDer Square,"
a combination of the main streets of
Mulberry and Derry, is seeing significant
investment by the City of Harrisburg and
a number of its partners. This effort builds
on completion of a major renovation by
PennDot to the Mulberry Street Bridge that
was completed at the end of 2014 at a cost
of more than $12 million.
Greater homeownership in a city can cure a
series of ills. Residents' pride in their homes
contributes to less trash and crime and a
greater sense of community."
- Gary Lenker, Executive Director of Tri-County Housing Development Corp.
will be sold for much less to qualified applicants who make less than 80 percent of
the area's median income. The organization
has also acquired and will be renovating four
blighted homes across the street as part of
their $2.25 million investment. Tri-County
will work with residents who may want to
buy one of the new or renovated homes but
can't qualify for a mortgage. The agency has
a two-year lease-to-purchase program that
is designed to improve credit scores and
better prepare residents for the long-term
costs of homeownership.
"Greater homeownership in a city can cure
a series of ills," said Gary Lenker, Executive
Director of Tri-County. "Residents' pride
in their homes contributes to less trash
and crime and a greater sense of community," he said.
Tri-County's investment comes on the
heels of previous new construction and
home rehabilitation in the immediate area
by Brethren Housing Association, whose
mission is to provide stable housing and
loving support to a mother and her children
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