NeighborWorks® Association of Pennsylvania is comprised of seven community-based, non-profit corporations with the single mission of helping Pennsylvanians gain access to and remain in their homes. Our members are chartered by NeighborWorks® America, the national leader in affordable housing efforts with a network of more than 230 organizations in 50 states.

 
Arbor Housing and Development

A NeighborWorks® Association of Pennsylvania Affiliate Founded in 1969, Arbor Housing and Development began as a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to poverty relief. Through the years, Arbor Housing and Development transitioned into a progressive, nonprofit corporation committed to building independence and creating housing options. Along with providing residential behavioral health and domestic violence services that help people overcome challenges to live safely on their own, Arbor Housing and Development offers assistance for renters and homebuyers which translates to the security and stability that all people deserve. By developing, rehabilitating and managing quality residential sites, Arbor Housing and Development empowers people to live within their means in their communities of choice. Through a recent merger, Arbor Housing and Development now provides HUD Certified Housing Counseling and First-Time Homebuyer Services, as well as providing rental subsidies through our Housing Choice Voucher Program. Arbor Housing and Development has also recently expanded its service area to include the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania with a focus on community development and affordable housing development activities. Over the past six years, Arbor Housing and Development:

• Provided $5,476,365 of Owner Occupied Housing Rehabilitation services to 426 Households.
• Created $17,624,341 of economic development activity in four separate communities through the development of 81 new affordable housing rental units.
• Received a 2010 "Excellence in Historic Preservation" award from the Preservation League of New York for the adaptive reuse of the Belmont Hotel, Belmont, New York.
• Provided 1,014,972 units of Behavioral Health Housing to 3,640 individuals and families.
• Provided 15,349 units of Domestic Violence Shelter Services to 3,344 women and children.
• Provided Housing Choice Voucher rental subsidies to over 1,555 individuals and families per month.

 
Housing Development Corporation MidAtlantic

A NeighborWorks® Chartered Member established in 1971, HDC MidAtlantic was founded by a small group of committed community members with a shared vision to provide affordable homes for older adults. The company has grown significantly since then, emerging as one of the largest providers of affordable housing in the mid-Atlantic region. Today, HDC MidAtlantic owns or manages over 3,500 quality affordable rental homes in Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland serving 4,700 working families, seniors, and our friends and neighbors with disabilities.

HDC MidAtlantic aims to build hope and opportunity by providing a safe and affordable place to call home. It does this by providing:

• real estate development services


• property management services


• resident supportive services

 
Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks

As a proud member of NWAP, Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks Inc's sole mission is to help our constituents gain and keep access to affordable homeownership opportunities.
In the past 3 years alone, NHS has generated over $62 million in economic activity in Berks County and the City of Philadelphia; and, as well, contributed $5 million in direct investment in Berks County alone. NHS:

• Operates a Full-Cycle® "Home Ownership Center" providing low-mortgage financing, counseling for buyers, and neighborhood leadership classes for homebuyers.
• Sponsors/Develops affordable senior housing projects, renovates vacant & blighted single-family units and builds affordable homes for first-time homebuyers.
• Provides a menu of low interest loans and grants for home repairs.
• As the lender in the Wells Fargo Bank's Philadelphia CityLIFT program, loaned $28.5 million to 194 homebuyers between October and December.
• Local leader in foreclosure mitigation, counseling 350 families each year through the process, resulting in high rate of home retention.

 
NeighborWorks® Northeastern Pennsylvania

NeighborWorks® Northeastern Pennsylvania's (NWNEPA) mission is to strengthen the financial stability of the families in northeastern Pennsylvania through homeownership creation and preservation. Its vision for strong, healthy neighborhoods is built on the concepts of resident empowerment, redevelopment and public/private partnership.

In the past 4 years alone, NWNEPA has sparked over $20 million in economic activity in Lackawanna and surrounding counties, helping create over 155 local jobs. NeighborWorks® of Northeastern Pennsylvania:

• Operates a Full-Cycle® Home Ownership Center which provides homebuyer education services, homeownership counseling, financing products and home repair services for modest-income families.
• Over the past 3 years, NWNEPA, has provided services to over 1,000 northeastern PA families and has created 115 new homeowners.
• Has helped to preserve the tax base for local communities by stabilizing over 250 properties and millions of dollars worth of mortgages through housing rehabilitation programs, foreclosure mitigation counseling & borrower/ lender mediation efforts.
• Works with neighborhood leaders to implement grassroots community development and improvement projects. • Utilizes the National Industry Standards for Homeownership Education & Counseling.

 
NeighborWorks® Western Pennsylvania

NeighborWorks® Western Pennsylvania's mission is financial empowerment that promotes home ownership and stable communities. This goal is realized by helping individuals and families strengthen their financial security through counseling and education programs.

In 2012 alone, nearly 2,222 clients benefitted from services in NeighborWorks® Western Pennsylvania's Home Ownership Center including:

• Free Financial, Budget & Credit Counseling – 991 clients; Foreclosure Prevention – 494 families served
• Free Homebuyer Education Workshops Conducted 30 workshops with 235 participants which facilitated 308 home purchases
• Financial Literacy Classes (Adult & Youth) Facilitated 69 classes for 646 participants

 
New Kensington Community Development Corporation

New Kensington Community Development Corporation seeks to serve as a catalyst to strengthen the physical, social, and economic fabric of the community. NKCDC achieves this through a combination of economic development, real estate development, land use management, housing counseling, and community organizing. NKCDC believes stable homes make stable neighborhoods, and that there should be affordable homeownership opportunities for all. NKCDC brings life to abandoned buildings by providing affordable housing to first-time homebuyers and converting old factories to new uses.

NKCDC serves more than 30,000 low-andmoderate income families and 60,000 residents annually. NKCDC works to expand homeownership opportunities for working families. In the past twenty years, NKCDC has helped more than 4,000 low-and-moderate income families purchase their first home. NKCDC offers homebuyer workshops, weatherization education, other energy assistance, financial literacy counseling, personal budgeting mentoring, and foreclosure prevention assistance. Last year alone, NKCDC's housing counselors were able to help 879 homeowners avoid foreclosure, over 100 homes were weatherized and over 2,000 residents received utility assistance.

 
PathStone Corporation

Since 2001, PathStone Corporation's housing programs have leveraged more than $5 million in local, state and federal investments in South Central Pennsylvania communities for housing and homeownership opportunities. PathStone's bilingual First-Time Homebuyer Program has provided Homebuyer Education Workshops to over 3,130 individuals throughout its Pennsylvania service area since 2001. Of these, 928 have gone on to become homeowners. Provides access to low interest loans and grants for new homeowners and home repairs.

PathStone Corporation builds family and individual self-sufficiency by strengthening farm workers and rural and urban communities. PathStone promotes social justice through programs and advocacy. PathStone's Homeownership and Housing Rehabilitation programs create human, financial and physical assets for economically disadvantaged communities through comprehensive, coordinated community-based housing and economic development programs and services, and public policy initiative.