NeighborWorks America

Capacity building: capacity building refers to the practical assistance the Corporation provides to strengthen the performance of Neighborworks organizations to respond most effectively and efficiently to the needs of their communities. The Corporation expands the capacity of network members by providing onsite technical assistance and limited funding.

Housing counseling stability program: the american rescue plan provided funding to Neighborworks America to design and administer it's housing stability counseling program (hscp). The hscp is administered nationwide and aims to help eligible nonprofit agencies that provide direct counseling services to individuals and families facing housing instability such as eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness. The hscp increases the capacity of Neighborworks America to provide a higher-level housing counseling through hud-approved housing counseling agencies, state housing finance agencies (shfa), and Neighborworks organizations (nwos).

Preserving affordable housing: organizations construct new housing, repair and renovate existing housing, promote homeownership, and further mixed-income affordable housing opportunities. The Corporation also supports the organizations' hazard abatement, energy conservation, post purchase counseling, and foreclosure prevention activities. Equity capital, in the form of highly flexible Corporation grants to local organizations' revolving loan funds, is also vitally important. Revolving loan funds are used to support home repairs, down-payment and closing-cost assistance, energy conservation repairs, commercial and small business loans, predevelopment costs, acquisition of problem properties, and a host of other initiatives.