NeighborWorks America

Nonprofit organization for community development

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NeighborWorks America

Company type| Nonprofit \- Congressionally Chartered
Industry| Affordable Housing and Community Development
Founded| 1978
Headquarters|

Washington, DC

Key people

* Marietta Rodriguez, president & CEO[1]
* Susan M. Ifill, executive vice president & chief operating officer
* Kemba Esmond, executive vice president & chief financial officer
* Arturo Weldon, executive vice president & chief information officer

Products|

* NeighborWorks Compass
* CounselorMax
* Organizational Assessment Services
* Success Measures
* Training
* Achieving Excellence Program

Operating income

| US $312,437,291 (FY 2015)
Website| www.neighborworks.org
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The Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, also known as NeighborWorks America, is a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization that supports community development in the United States and Puerto Rico. The organization provides grants and technical assistance to more than 240 community development organizations. Neighbor Works America provides training for housing and community development professionals through its national training institutes.[2] Since 2007, Neighbor Works America has administered the congressionally created National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program.[3]

The Neighbor Works network is made up of more than 240 community development organizations working in urban, suburban, and rural communities across the country.[4]

The Neighborhood Reinvestment Board of Directors consists of the Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, a member of the Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Vice Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a member of the Board of the National Credit Union Administration.

## History

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The early origins of the nonprofit NeighborWorks America are traced to 1968, when Dorothy Mae Richardson, a Central North Side resident of Pittsburgh, started a campaign for better housing in her neighborhood.[5][6][7][8] Dorothy Mae Richardson worked with city bankers and government officials to convince 16 financial institutions to give out conventional loans in the community.[9] Her legacy was an organization named the Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Pittsburgh.[10] Eventually, Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh became the national model for community-based housing initiatives throughout the country.[11][12][13] In 1970, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board became involved with Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) of Pittsburgh and started expanding the program by training savings and loan officers for urban areas nationally.[14]

In 1978, Congress chartered Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, with a mission to recreate Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh's housing program throughout the nation's cities.[15]

In 1984, the first Neighborhood Housing Week[16] (now called NeighborWorks Week) was congressionally established. President Ronald Reagan proclaimed a national observance.

During the 1980s, the Ad Council worked with Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation and created "NeighborWorks".

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation began doing business as NeighborWorks America in 2005.[17]

In 2007, Congress selected NeighborWorks America to administer the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program. In a continuing effort to assist in recovery from the housing crisis, in 2009, NeighborWorks launched the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign and Stable Communities Initiative. In June 2011, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with NeighborWorks America, launched the Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program to assist homeowners across the country at risk of foreclosure.[18]

There are now more than 240 NeighborWorks organizations operating in urban, suburban and rural communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In the past five years, NeighborWorks organizations have generated more than $19.5 billion in reinvestment in these communities. NeighborWorks America has become a leading trainer of community development, financial capability, and affordable housing professionals. NeighborWorks America has helped more than 1.7 million homeowners through its congressionally funded National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program. [18]

## Community leaders

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In honor of its namesake, NeighborWorks America nationally offers the Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership.[19]

Dorothy Richardson continued to live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as an active community member and supervisor of the Pittsburgh Housing Clinic, until her death on April 28, 1991, at Allegheny General Hospital. She lived to 68.

She graduated from Allegheny High in 1940.

## Leaders in NeighborWorks

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1. Bill Whiteside, first executive director of Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation from 1978 to 1990
2. George Knight, executive director from 1990 to 2000,[20] Inducted into the Affordable Housing Hall of Fame[20]
3. Ellen Lazar, executive director from 2000 to 2003
4. Kenneth Wade, CEO from 2004 to 2011
5. Eileen Fitzgerald, CEO from 2011 to 2014
6. Paul Weech, CEO from 2014 to 2017
7. Marietta Rodriguez, president and CEO from 2018 to present

## See also

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* Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations

## Notes

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1. ^ "Officers - NeighborWorks America". Neighborworks.org. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
2. ^ "Training and Professional Development - NeighborWorks America". Neighborworks.org. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
3. ^ "Homes & Finances - NeighborWorks America". Neighborworks.org. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
4. ^ "Our Network". NeighborWorks America. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
5. ^ Roger Stuart (February 1967). "Our Housing Crisis:CASH carries the ball in War". Article. The Pittsburgh Press. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
6. ^ "RightsGroup in Blast at Rosenbloom". Article. November 1967. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
7. ^ "2 Blacks Added to Housing Authority Board". Article. November 1968. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
8. ^ "Housing Group Reelects Officers". Article. October 1974. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
9. ^ Squires, Gregory (1992). Redlining To Reinvestment (Conflicts in Urban and Regional Development). Temple University Press. pp. 288. ISBN 0877229856.
10. ^ "2 advocates of better housing are outlived by efforts". Article. June 1991. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
11. ^ "Dorothy Richardson". Article. June 1991. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
12. ^ "City Woman's Volunteer Work honored with National Award". Article. November 1997. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
13. ^ James Erickson, David (2009). The Housing Policy Revolution: Networks and Neighborhoods. The Urban Institute Press. p. 260\. ISBN 978-0877667605.
14. ^ "Philadelphia City Planning Commission Report". Retrieved December 21, 2012.
15. ^ "FDIC Law, Regulations, Related Acts". Retrieved December 21, 2012.
16. ^ Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley. "National Neighborhood Housing Services Week". Retrieved December 20, 2012.
17. ^ "Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation". September 20, 2017. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011.
18. ^ a b "Our History - NeighborWorks America". Neighborworks.org. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
19. ^ "Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership". Retrieved December 20, 2012.
20. ^ a b "Five Who Have Shaped the Industry". Affordable Housing Finance. October 2009. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011.

## External links

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* Official website
* Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in the Federal Register

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