Press Releases

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.
National Housing and Community Development Leaders Honored with NeighborWorks Founders Award
Ann Houston and Robert "Bobby" Calvillo named winners of the 2025 NeighborWorks Founders Award.
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.
NeighborWorks America Welcomes Alaska-Based Haa Yakaawu Financial Corp to the NeighborWorks Network
NeighborWorks America adds new Native CDFI to NeighborWorks network.
Close to 1,300 Affordable Housing and Community Development Professionals Come to the NeighborWorks National Training Institute in Philadelphia Amid Affordable Housing Headwinds
NeighborWorks America Announces Rental Portfolio Grew to More than 211,000 rental homes in Fiscal Year 2024 Across the NeighborWorks Network
NeighborWorks America Announces Rental Portfolio Grew to More than 211,000 rental homes in Fiscal Year 2024 Across the NeighborWorks Network

Pipeline of New Rental Homes Remains Robust
NeighborWorks America Names Cormac Molloy Director of Sustainability and Resilience, National Real Estate Programs
New Position to Help NeighborWorks Members Access and Invest Billions of Dollars in Multifamily and Single-family Residential Energy Improvement Capital
NeighborWorks America Launches Program to Help Nonprofit Apartment Owners and Developers Access Billions in Capital to Increase Energy Efficiency
Washington, D.C. – NeighborWorks America has launched a new training program to help nonprofit rental housing developers and owners access billions of dollars in federal grants and tax credits to increase the energy efficiency, resiliency and financial stability of their apartment portfolios in partnership with the private sector. Registration is now open to all professionals interested in accessing this opportunity. The program that will have its first gathering at the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) scheduled for February 10-14, 2025 in Philadelphia. The training program is part of a larger strategic focus at NeighborWorks to help nonprofit owners of affordable rental housing manage increasing financial pressure in their portfolios driven by higher insurance premiums and operating costs.