NHS – A Leader in Revitalizing and Preserving
"Our Neighborhood – Our Home – Our Future"

As a nonprofit community revitalization organization, NHS’ mission is to revitalize underserved neighborhoods by creating and preserving affordable housing and providing opportunities for homeownership education, financial assistance, and community leadership. Working in partnership with government and business, we are led by local residents and guided by local needs.

Incorporated in 1982, NHS opened seven offices and merged with NHS of Jamaica Queens. At that time, NHS’ focus was to help homeowners improve their homes and neighborhoods through rehabilitation lending. Later, to meet increased demand, we began providing services to help residents achieve first-time homeownership, culminating in the launch of the nation’s first Homeownership Center in 1995. Offering a full range of pre- and post-purchase services, the Center serves as the administrative headquarters of our citywide Homeownership Program.

Since 1982, NHS’ efforts have assisted over 200,000 residents, and stimulated over $1.9 billion in public and private investment. Our in-house rehabilitation specialists have made over 30,000 home inspections and conducted over 3,820 home repair workshops. On average, NHS reaches over 17,000 potential and existing homeowners through our innovative programs, and in 2008, was directly responsible for investing a total of $185 million in underserved communities.

Today, with six offices across five boroughs and two satellite offices, NHS enables neighborhood residents to achieve their goals through a broad range of products and services, and continues to target low to moderate-income populations and geographic areas.

To help the New York City residents, we provide a full-range of Homeownership Promotion and Preservation programs that include: pre- and post-purchase education and counseling and subject-specific seminars such as, Homebuyers' Clubs; Financial Fitness; Landlord Education; Foreclosure Prevention; and the Home Maintenance Training Program.

NHS is part of a larger network, NeighborWorks America®, coordinated under an umbrella organization, formerly Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NRC). Established in 1978, as an act of Congress, NRC was to promote reinvestment in urban communities throughout the United States. NHS, as required by our charter has a Board structure that reflects a partnership of community residents, government, and financial institutions. The spirit of this partnership is the core of all of our programs.