NeighborWorks America Congressionally Funded Shared Equity Investments Help Double Permanent Affordable Housing Supply in Focused Markets
NeighborWorks America today announced $375,000 in Shared Equity Housing (SEH) investments to eight NeighborWorks network nonprofit organizations, the latest round under a Congressionally approved $12-million initiative. These grants come as an analysis on the program’s effectiveness shows how grant investment, technical assistance and scholarships over the initiative’s five-year span helped participating housing organizations grow their permanently affordable homeownership portfolios.
NeighborWorks Network Ranked Among Top 100 U.S. Homebuilders
Washington, D.C. – NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered, nonprofit corporation that for more than 45 years has advanced affordable mortgage financing and construction of workforce accessible homes across the country, announced today that its homebuilding production earned it a ranking of #78 on the 2025 Builder 100 list published by Builder magazine. NeighborWorks network organizations built and sold 747 homes in 2024.
New Report Shows Effectiveness of NeighborWorks America Housing Stability Counseling Program During Economic Upheaval
A new report on emergency assistance provided to homeowners and renters found the delivery of a Congressionally funded housing counseling program developed and administered by NeighborWorks America effectively stabilized the housing situation of renters and homeowners impacted by the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
NeighborWorks America Welcomes Renaissance Community Loan Fund to the NeighborWorks Network
NeighborWorks America announced that Renaissance Community Loan Fund (RCLF), a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in Gulfport, Mississippi has become the newest member of the national NeighborWorks network.
NeighborWorks America Reports $2.6 Billion in Total Affordable Housing Investment and More than 260,000 Households Helped in First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025
NeighborWorks America announced today that housing activities by its nationwide network of nonprofit community development organizations resulted in $2.56 billion of total investment into the creation and preservation of affordable homeownership and rental housing.
NeighborWorks America Announces New Class for its Organizational Development Program in Partnership with Harvard University
Washington, DC - NeighborWorks America is proud to announce the twelfth cohort of the NeighborWorks Achieving Excellence Program, conducted in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Nearly Half of Renters Don’t See Homeownership in their Future; Teaming with a Housing Counselor Could Help
With mortgage interest rates stubbornly high and home prices continuing to increase, nearly half (48%) of renters in America don’t see it possible to become a homeowner, according to the latest housing poll from NeighborWorks America, a nonprofit affordable housing and comprehensive community development organization. Moreover, fewer than one-in-six (15%) renters see homeownership as very possible in their future, and just 26% of those surveyed say that it is somewhat possible to move into homeownership.
NeighborWorks Network Homebuilding Remained Steady in 2024 Despite Higher Interest Rates and Construction Material Costs
NeighborWorks network homebuilders held production steady in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, building 747 homes for sale, compared to 751 in the prior period despite increased interest rates and material costs, and tight land availability, according to the latest update from NeighborWorks America.
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