
Lending Member
PODER Emma
Asheville, North Carolina

PODER Emma develops community ownership in the Emma neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina. PODER Emma creates tools and strategies to prevent displacement and preserve the tight-knit nature of mobile home communities which keep their families safe.
Emma residents have a deep love for where they live, and PODER Emma and partner grassroots organizations have been working for more than a decade to build deep relationships; strengthen leadership skills and capacity in ourselves and our neighbors; and to cultivate a sense of place, belonging, identity, and culture. Over the years they have created community solutions to problems in their neighborhood that have created a collective belief that when community comes together it can improve their lives for themselves and future generations.
Recent Loans
Mahetsi
$356,439.13
Purchase of the Meadowood mobile home park
Sourwood Community Real Estate Cooperative
$681,186.64
Purchase of the High Oaks mobile home park
La Esperanza Real Estate
$75,000
July 24, 2019
Loan for second floor expansion
Las Casitas
$195,000
Purchase of a mobile home park