Live campaign: 1527 Walnut Street sewage line replacement Founder match: $5,500 committed $5,500 goal · stretch $7,500 · 28-day campaign Three families · multi-year tenancy · rents stay flat 501(c)(3) · EIN 99-3628811 · tax-deductible Donate to Walnut → Live campaign: 1527 Walnut Street sewage line replacement Founder match: $5,500 committed $5,500 goal · stretch $7,500 · 28-day campaign Three families · multi-year tenancy · rents stay flat 501(c)(3) · EIN 99-3628811 · tax-deductible Donate to Walnut →
AMARNATH FOUNDATIONNaturally Occurring Affordable Housing

A 70-year-old pipe just failed.
Three families are watching what we do next.

The original cast-iron sewage stack at 1527 Walnut St., Anderson IN cracked through last month. $5,500 funds the full PEX replacement. A flipper would patch it for $1,500 and raise rents 60% — we're keeping rents flat and keeping the families housed.

501(c)(3) · EIN 99-3628811 · Active repair fund
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The choice on every building

$1,500 patch + 60% rent hike. Or $5,500 fix + rents flat. One pipe. Two paths.

When the cast-iron sewage stack at 1527 Walnut Street cracked, the math on the building forked. There's the way it usually goes — and then there's our way.

A flipper would not do this repair. They'd patch the crack with a sleeve for $1,500, then list the units at "renovated" rates the moment a lease ended. We don't do that.

The full PEX-compatible stack replacement runs $5,500 all-in — materials, labor, the City of Anderson permit, and a small reserve for three nights of hotel lodging if the water has to be shut off overnight. With the full replacement, the building is sound for another 30+ years, rents don't move, and the Lindsey family stays. James stays. William stays.

28-day plan

What happens if we hit $5,500

Days 1–14 · Fund + Permit

Donations clear Givebutter. Contractor scheduled. Permit pulled at the City of Anderson Building Department.

Days 14–21 · Replace

Full PEX-compatible stack replacement. Tenants notified 7 days in advance; lodging reserve activated if overnight water shutoff is needed.

Days 21–28 · Restore

Bath wall restoration, paint, final inspection. Target completion July 15, 2026. All three units remain occupied at current rents.

Stretch goal · $7,500

$2,000 above goal funds 12 months of plumbing reserves

If we reach $7,500, the additional $2,000 funds 12 months of plumbing reserves across 1527 Walnut and one sister property in Muncie. That reserve means the next failure — and there will be one, because that's what 70-year-old buildings do — gets handled the same week it happens, not the same month we can fundraise for it.

A note from the founder
Five thousand five hundred dollars, from people who believe three families staying housed in the homes they already have is worth more than a 60% rent bump on a flip listing. We have the contractor walk-through. We have the quote. The only thing standing between this repair and four displaced families is the funding. — Bharath Ramanidharan · Founder, Amarnath Foundation