Barrio de Walnut

Sustainable community-driven development

About The Walnut Neighborhood

The historic Walnut Neighborhood, listed on the National Registry of Historic Places and bordering the northeast edge of downtown Waterloo, has sustained over a decade of demolition of houses due to decay and seen an increase in the disrepair of the remaining houses in the neighborhood. Walnut Neighborhood revitalization efforts are now underway, with Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity playing a significant role in the work through partnering with low-income owner occupants in the neighborhood to provide critical home repairs, preventing existing homes from falling into further disrepair. Additionally, Iowa Heartland has fully rehabbed vacant homes in the neighborhood and sold them to new Habitat homebuyers and will build or rehab 12 additional vacant properties over the next three years.

Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity co-convened and co-organized the Walnut Neighborhood Housing Coalition (WNHC) in December 2016 as part of the overall neighborhood redevelopment plan to specifically promote fair, decent, affordable, mixed-income, and historically preserved housing and residential development in the neighborhood. In 2024, this group was renamed to the Walnut Neighborhood Alliance. Partners of the WNHC include: Link CCD, the Walnut Neighborhood Association, JSA Development, Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity and the Waterloo Community Development office. The WNHC meets monthly to discuss projects and plans in process as well as new directions that need to be taken to continue the housing redevelopment efforts.

StoRIES of Impact

Walnut Neighborhood Revitalization

"Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity really ended up being an answer to prayer."

A story of hope in Waterloo, Iowa.

Hear from Laura Hoy

“There is such power in (knowing your neighbor). We don't really think that it leads to something else, but it does. It creates this sense of security.”

- Laura Hoy

Ali and J'Kalein are joined by, Christian Community Development practitioner, Walnut Neighborhood resident, & president of the Walnut Neighborhood Association, Laura Hoy. They chat about the power of neighborhoods, holistic community development, and Laura's work in the neighborhood over the past 13 years. You don't want to miss this inspiring conversation!

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En Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity, creemos que cada persona merece un lugar al que llamar hogar, y una comunidad en la que sean bienvenidos, respetados y capacitados para prosperar. Arraigados en nuestra fe y guiados por nuestro compromiso con la Koinonia, trabajamos para ampliar las oportunidades y fomentar la pertenencia a través de cada aspecto de nuestra misión, desde cómo construimos y a quién servimos hasta la cultura que cultivamos dentro de nuestro equipo. Como empleador y organización de vivienda que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades, rechazamos la discriminación en cualquiera de sus formas y nos esforzamos por modelar un mundo en el que la compasión y la oportunidad conduzcan a un cambio duradero. Acogemos a personas de todas las procedencias, identidades y capacidades -incluidos miembros de las comunidades LGBTQ+ y BIPOC, personas de todas las creencias o de ninguna, y personas con todas las capacidades- porque cuando nos unimos a través del amor de Dios, construimos algo más que hogares: construimos comunidad y esperanza para todos.
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