The sun shone brightly over the playground near Betsy Ross Circle in Milford, Delaware.

For many organizations across the NeighborWorks® network, housing conversations center around affordability, supply and rising costs. In Alaska, those conversations also include isolation, shrinking population, disappearing industries, extreme weather conditions and the reality that even keeping existing affordable housing ready residents can feel fragile. 

More than 400 tribal leaders, housing practitioners, health organizations, community development professionals and national partners gathered in Anchorage, Alaska, this month for the Housing Our Relatives Summit, a first-of-its-kind convening focused on

A treasured historic landmark in Houston has been restored, thanks to Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (CRC). The NeighborWorks® network member organization, with its partner Cloudbreak Communities, recently transformed the former St. Elizabeth Hospital in Houston from a vacant shell to a flourishing apartment community named St. Elizabeth Place.

Nearly one in four homes in Maine is at least 85 years old. As housing costs climb and aging homes become harder to maintain, residents need innovative solutions to avoid displacement. 

When a for-sale sign goes up on a piece of undeveloped land in Austin, Texas, everyone looks – especially if it’s near jobs and schools. That includes for-profit developers, of course. And it includes Foundation Communities, a NeighborWorks nonprofit that is looking to build and grow its affordable multifamily apartment homes as the community struggles with ever-increasing rents.