New home rises on once-blighted site, thanks to neighborhood effort
Binghampton Community Land Trust hosts an open house Saturday, June 26 at the nearly completed house home on Oxford Avenue. (Ziggy Mack/Special to Daily Memphian)
The Oxford Avenue property, once entirely encompassed (and defined) by a giant tree, is now a symbol of an even larger effort to give Binghampton residents a chance at becoming homeowners one day.
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'Binghampton Community Land Trust Binghampton Neighborhoods United Housing affordable housingOmer Yusuf
Omer Yusuf covers Bartlett and North Memphis neighborhoods for The Daily Memphian. He also analyzes COVID-19 data each week. Omer is a former Jackson Sun reporter and University of Memphis graduate.
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