Hard Bargain is a neighborhood located on 15 acres, two square city blocks in Franklin, Tennessee. The area contains over 80 households which are predominantly low income (60% or less of the median income of the Nashville Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area-MSA.)

Concerned residents of Hard Bargain and the surroundoung community have formed a non-profit organization called Hard Bargain-Mt Hope Redevelopment. Our vision is to provide affordable homes for purchase, and thus help transform the neighborhood into a vibrant community to be proud of for generations to come.

HBMHR is working together with the residents of this historic neighborhood to restore and rebuild it into what their vision is for the neighborhood and its future. We do this by having regular community meetings, design workshops, and having residents of the neighborhood on our board of directors and advisory board. Volunteers help in various ways including landscaping, construction, clean up, renovation, repair, and fundraising events.

By working with the residents of the neighborhood, Franklin community leaders, architects, and the City of Franklin, HBMHR plans to offer quality, period sensitive, affordable homes at no profit. Our emphasis is on restoring the current community and not allowing gentrification of this historic neighborhood. We are offering quality, affordable homes to people who have not been able to attain the dream of home ownership. This is possible with the help of donated services and materials, volunteer labor, and financial contributions.