Stories

In response to a looming crisis, four independent CDCs in Western New York consolidated in 2015, using an innovative structure unprecedented in nonprofit mergers.

Talented staff at nonprofits with limited budgets often leave for higher-paying jobs in private industry. To fulfill its mission to the community and stay competitive as an employer Neighborhood Partnership Housing Services addresses the need to attract and retain diverse and talented staff, reduce turnover rates and improve job satisfaction.

Pollution, rising sea levels and climate change threaten East Boston. The majority of the 40,000 residents in the neighborhood are immigrants and people of color who faced social, economic and linguistic barriers to understand and address these issues until the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing's inclusive community engagement process began.

Community revitalization is most effective when partners from all levels work together. Yet, due to years of minimal funding and competition among agencies, there were few examples of that in the city of San Bernardino, CA, which filed for bankruptcy in 2012.

Aging residents are often isolated in their homes and invisible to the various government and nonprofit programs designed to help them. The challenge, however, is to connect the aging-in-place population to the resources critical to their health and safety.

The Housing Partnership for Morris County found a creative way to make homeownership a realistic long-term affordable option.

To meet New York City's affordable housing challenge, Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHSNYC) offers integrated homeownership services that help low- and moderate-income families.

Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven (NHSNH) found that many residents in the Newhallville neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut felt disconnected from their community and unsafe, they worked with residents to rehabilitate the community.

Mennonite Housing's Boarded-Up Homes Program is designed to reverse the blighted housing conditions in the city's Local Investment Areas.

Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Baltimore, revitalizing neighborhoods through homeownership opportunities since 1974, recently increased its focus on lending as a line of business.