Get a new Executive Director if he's not around to add direction.

Recruit someone from the block/neighborhood as a BOD member. You can't operate an effective organizing center and not build healthy relationships with your neighbors. The caretaker or directors should have open communicative relationships with the neighbors at all times.

If you are going to have caretakers re-enact the year long time limit on the role.

OR

DONATE Gene's house to an organization with a stronger core and active base that self-manages this stuff, AND who would be able to pay for little things like insurance. MII's tenure in that facility hasn't made best use of that community resource, nor has it been good stewards. Rising Tide would be an interesting idea. They could use a home office base, and they have very similar aims to what gene wanted to have the space be working onj.

Make the needed changes of give it up!