National Homeownership Month celebrates the importance of homeownership in the United States. NeighborWorks America, along with the NeighborWorks network, celebrates homeownership year round  and centers housing counseling as a way to help people decide if homeownership is right for them and, if it is, to help them down that path. 

Before she began working as deputy director of Lakota Funds, Ellen White Thunder had built a background in construction. She was certified as a residential building inspector. She was a certified pipelayer. She had her certification in plumbing inspection. “I love everything about construction,” she explains. And she knew that knowledge in construction would be needed on Pine Ridge and other reservations in South Dakota, where there was not just a shortage of homes, but a shortage of the people who could build them and make sure they were safe.

Homes Price and Income Gaps Keep Many Eager Homebuyers Sidelined According to New Survey from NeighborWorks America

https://www.neighborworks.org/survey/homeownershipmonth2025For Immediate Release

June 13, 2025

Contact: Douglas Robinson

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Homes Price and Income Gaps Keep Many Eager Homebuyers Sidelined According to New Survey from NeighborWorks America

Black Americans, Gen Z and Millennials Show Most Interest in Buying Over next 12 Months

NeighborWorks Laredo kicked off NeighborWorks Week with a groundbreaking ceremony for five new homes. In Boise, teams of volunteers once again painted the town, sprucing up 25 homes with a spotlight on homes owned by veterans. There’s a painting program in the Spenard neighborhood of Anchorage, Alaska, too – the same Neighborhood where NeighborWorks Alaska was created more than 40 years ago.
It’s National Homeownership Month, a time to recognize the importance of homeownership. It may look a little different now, but for many, it is still the American Dream and a path to achieving generational wealth. Today, we share Dawson Bowcut's journey to homeownership, which is tied in with NeighborWorks America and its job of creating homes, building America.

NeighborWorks America Awards Second Tranche of FY 2025 Flexible Impact Grants: More Than $13.9 Million of Investment to Nonprofits Driving Proven, Market-Based Solutions to the Nation’s Housing Supply and Affordability Crisis 

For Immediate Release 

May 22, 2025 

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NeighborWorks America Congressionally Funded Shared Equity Investments Help Double Permanent Affordable Housing Supply in Focused Markets

For Immediate Release

May 19, 2025

Contact: Douglas Robinson

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NeighborWorks America Congressionally Funded Shared Equity Investments Help Double Permanent Affordable Housing Supply in Focused Markets

Eight Organizations Share $375,000 in Grants in Final Round

Building and creating homes. That’s the foundation of the mission of NeighborWorks America and its network of excellence. And when we build homes, we also build America. 

“The NeighborWorks network continues to be one of the top builders of affordable rental and for-sale homes,” says Michael Butchko, vice president of Business Intelligence at NeighborWorks. “They are a critical part of this country’s infrastructure.” 

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