No vemos abandono.
Vemos oportunidad.
StreetWell transforma la reconstrucción de barrio en sentido de pertenencia para quienes viven y trabajan en él.
BALTIMORE NO SOLO SEGREGÓ SUS BARRIOS POR RAZA. FUE LA PRIMERA CIUDAD EN CONVERTIRLO EN LEY.
— EL PROBLEMA —
En 1910, Baltimore aprobó la Ordenanza 610, la primera ley de segregación residencial en la historia de los Estados Unidos. El gobierno federal hizo lo mismo. Con el tiempo, las formas cambiaron: maneras de cerrar el acceso a vivienda, crédito y oportunidades en ciertos barrios. Pero el objetivo nunca cambió: quitarle valor a esas comunidades.
Hoy:
17,000
Propiedades vacias en Baltimore.
$3,000
Es el patrimonio medio de los hogares afroamericanos.
El problema no es la pobreza. Es el despojo. La riqueza existió. Se contruyó. Y se la llevaron. Esos mismos barrios siguen llenos de valor.
La pregunta es: ¿Quién se lo queda?
UNA FORMA DISTINTA DE RECONSTRUIR.
— EL MODELO —
StreetWell construye sistemas cooperativos de vivienda donde quienes trabajan y quienes viven allí son dueños de una parte real de lo que se crea en sus barrios.
Instead of treating housing as a speculative asset, the StreetWell model organizes redevelopment through a network of worker-owned construction companies, community investment vehicles, and shared services infrastructure. When buildings are restored, the people doing the work and the people living there can participate in the ownership.
The result is not just renovation. It is wealth-building rooted in place.
“THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE WORK SHOULD OWN THE RESULTS OF IT.”
THE STREETWELL MODEL.
— HOW IT WORKS —
01
Local construction cooperatives perform the rehabilitation work. The builders are worker-owners — they share in the value created by their labor.
Worker-Owned Construction
02
Housing assets are organized into portfolios designed for long-term community stewardship, not short-term speculation. Equity stays in the neighborhood.
Community Real Estate (IREP)
Shared Infrastructure
03
StreetWell provides the technical infrastructure — finance, tech, media, cooperative development, and fund access — that lets local co-ops do their work without building every function from scratch.
— “We used to just do the work. Now we own what we build.”
BUILD FROM REAL WORK.
— THE ECOSYSTEM —
StreetWell did not begin as a theory. It grew out of construction work happening in Baltimore and across the Mid-Atlantic through worker-owned companies and community partnerships.
Today the StreetWell network includes organizations working across construction, housing stewardship, workforce development, and cooperative development.
APPALACHIAN FIELD SERVICES
Worker-owned construction
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Meadville.
RISING HOUSING
Community real estate portfolio
Baltimore.
WATERBOTTLE COOPERATIVE
Cooperative governance infrastructure
— AS SEEN IN —
STREETWELL IN PRESS.
The Guardian · BBC Radio · Impact Alpha · Baltimore Banner · WMAR TV · NPR
StreetWell collaborates with:
• Worker-owned construction cooperatives.
• Community organizations and land trusts.
• Cities, housing agencies, and policy partners.
• Impact investors and philanthropic partners.
WORK WITH US.
— WORK WITH US —
Building community wealth through cooperative ownership in Baltimore.
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