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<br />August 1999
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<br />Under an innovative proposal, the Housing Institute will implement deconstruction
<br />as an alternative to demolition, Deconstruction involves disassembling buildings to
<br />maximize the salvage of materials, In its purest form, deconstruction goes beyond
<br />easily removed architectural components such as doors, windows, hardwood
<br />flooring, fireplace mantles, and the like, It includes recovery of structural timbers,
<br />wood framing, sheathing, and bricks, On average, the materials from four homes
<br />can make one new home.
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<br />The Housing Institute will playa pivotal role in the deconstruction, reconstruction,
<br />and rehabilitation initiative for Kinston-Lenoir COUnty, The training component will
<br />be critical to job creation and "job readiness" in this economically depressed area,
<br />Trainees will learn valuable skills needed by construction companies, while some
<br />are expected to learn the skills and disciplines necessary to be independent
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<br />In summary, the Housing Institute will support critical and timely investment and
<br />reinvestment in a community that has suffered decades of economic stagnation,
<br />The creation of affordable housing will help to stabilize and eventually increase
<br />property values, In time, this will provide neighborhoods with the increased buying
<br />power to support the adjacent downtown business district. When aggregated,
<br />these innovative approaches toward workforce development will make a difference
<br />in breaking the intergenerational welfare cycles in Kinston,Lenoir County
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<br />Call Kinston Home - An Implementation Vehicle. In 1998, the Kinston city
<br />council approved "Call Kinston Home," a major residential and redevelopment
<br />initiative that is guided by two goals: to promote the city as a desirable place to
<br />live and own a home, and to revitalize established neighborhoods, By stimulating
<br />investment in existing homes and new dwelling units on in, fill vacant lots, they
<br />hope to revitalize areas in and around downtown," Call Kinston Home can be the
<br />implementation vehicle for the floodplain acquisition program, The project is
<br />guided by four objectives:
<br />. Provide fair and equitable replacement housing assistance to displaced
<br />homeO\vners.
<br />Provide assistance mechanisms to expedite the relocation process in a timely
<br />manner.
<br />. Avoid the perpetuation or creation of excessive financial burdens on fixed
<br />income elderly or disabled households,
<br />. Provide relocation assistance in a manner that \vill strengthen and enhance the
<br />city's neighborhoods.
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<br />Call Kinston Home is a long-term, phased initiative to bring together and channel
<br />resources and expertise from a broad range of partners: local government (the
<br />Kinston city council and Lenoir county commissioners); quasi~governmem agencies
<br />(the Kinston Housing Authority, Lenoir Community College, and Neuse River
<br />Council of Governments); state and federal government (NCEMD, North Carolina
<br />DCA, and FEMA): civic and professional groups (the Chamber of Commerce, the
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