Affordable housing in Fall RiverĬoogan has said that he intends to find a developer that can transform the old school into housing with an affordable component. “We are preparing the documents to take it back,” said Coogan on Friday. On June 2, Mayor Paul Coogan and members of the administration met with Flint Neighborhood Association’s president Carlos Cesar and vice president Joseph Carvalho to discuss the decision to utilize a reverter clause in the purchase and sales agreement of the former school at 112 Flint Street.
The Flint Neighborhood Association, which purchased the building over nine years ago in 2014 for $5,121, had an agreement with the city renovation work to create a community center that would be completed within five years.įormer school for sale Fall River's Silvia School building back on the market Mayor intends to move ahead with taking back Davol School They store food and equipment, where they organize and sort the items before distribution at their outdoor food pantry, to housing complexes and at different organizations outside the city.īon Jovi said they give out food to between 300 and 400 people a month and exist on donations and fundraisers.
The neighborhood association has provided the space for free to Gates of Hope since it was founded. She said they understand the city’s rights and the contract involved, but the group is worried about the people they serve. FALL RIVER- The city exercising its contractual right to take back the Davol Elementary School may have an unintended consequence with the non-profit, Gates of Hope, losing the headquarters where they have served the Flint neighborhood and surrounding communities for the past 8 years.įaith Bon Jovi, president of Gates of Hope Inc., said the faith-based organization was shocked when they were notified on June 2 that the city would be taking back the Davol School, having no idea that the agreement with the city had a reverter clause.
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