Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

http://www.restorationplaza.org

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the nation's first community development corporation, partners with Central Brooklyn residents and business to foster economic self sufficiency, enhance family stability and growth, promote the arts and culture, and help the neighborhood develop into a safe, vibrant place to live, work and visit.   Since its establishment in 1967, the CDC has helped attract more than $500 million in investment, placed over 20,000 youth and adults in jobs, and helped construct or renovate 2,200 units of housing. Read more about Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation...

Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development

http://www.anhd.org

Consisting of 95 member organizations of non-profit neighborhood housing groups, the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development strives to create stronger communities through the development of affordable housing the preserves low-income and working class communities. To date, member organizations have developed more than 80,000 units of low- and moderate-income housing and directly manage 30,000 units, providing housing for nearly 100,000 people. Read more about Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development...

Asian Americans for Equality

http://www.aafe.org

Started in 1974 as a grassroots movement in New York's Chinatown, Asian Americans for Equality is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of immigrant populations, particularly Asian Americans, through community economic development, tenant and minority advocacy, and helping individuals build assets. To date, the group has created more than 700 units of housing, secured almost $250 million in mortgage financing for home buyers, and disbursed $13 million in loans to hundreds of small businesses. Read more about Asian Americans for Equality...

Abyssinian Development Corporation

http://www.adcorp.org

Focused on improving the quality of life in the Harlem community, the Abyssinian Development Corporation works to increase the supply of affordable housing, strengthen social services, foster economic revitalization, and improve educational and developmental opportunities for local youth. Since its founding in 1989, the organization has leveraged more than $600 million in investments. Read more about Abyssinian Development Corporation...

Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation (RNDC)

http://www.rndcnola.org

Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation (RNDC) is a collaboration between Volunteers of America National Services and Volunteers of America Greater New Orleans that develops affordable housing projects that are close to employment opportunities and commercial services, are well-served by public transportation, embody energy efficient design strategies, and promote occupant health.  Since its inception in 2006, RNDC has completed six major residential and mixed-use projects.  Demonstrating its approach, in 2013 it completed the redevelopment of 1770 Tchoupitoulas Street, a two-acre Read more about Renaissance Neighborhood Development Corporation (RNDC)...

Gulf Coast Housing Partnership

http://www.gchp.net

Found in 2006 through seed capital from the Housing Partnership Network and Enterprise Community Partners to rebuild communities affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Gulf Cost Housing Partnership is a real estate development company that partners with public, nonprofit, and private entities to create vibrant, high quality communities that are socially and economically integrated, affordable and sustainable. Read more about Gulf Coast Housing Partnership...

Project Home Again

http://www.projecthomeagain.net

Created by The Leonard and Louise Riggio Foundation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Project Home Again (PHA) is a non-profit organization that constructs high-quality, energy-efficient homes for low and moderate-income New Orleans homeowners.  PHA has developed a program by which families who cannot rebuild may exchange their old damaged house for a new PHA home.  To date, PHA has completed more than 130 homes in the Gentilly neighborhood and is in the process of developing an additional 100 homes for first-time, low and moderate-income homebuyers. Read more about Project Home Again...

Preservation Resource Center (PRC) of New Orleans

http://www.prcno.org

Founded in 1974, the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans strives to preserve and restore the city's historic neighborhoods. One of PRC's projects, started in 1998, - Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) - has changed dramatically since Katrina, becoming the largest home rehabilitation non-profit organization in the city.  To date, RTNO has generated over $40 million in construction investment, which has helped restore 7 schools, 6 community centers, and homes for 1,200 families. Read more about Preservation Resource Center (PRC) of New Orleans...

Ponchatrain Park Community Development Corporation (PRCDC)

http://www.pontchartrainpark.org

The Ponchatrain Park CDC's mission is to restore and maintain the Ponchatrain Park Community - the first subdivision built in New Orleans during the time of segregation, specifically for the expanding middle class African American community.  PRCDC accomplishes this through its Red Home Program, which purchases all vacant properties in the neighborhood and strives to sell them to first-time homebuyers, and by ensuring that the Joseph Bartholomew Golf Course - a fixture of the community - remains municipally owned. Read more about Ponchatrain Park Community Development Corporation (PRCDC)...

Harmony Neighborhood Development (formerly New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative)

http://harmonynola.org/

Focused on revitalizing the Central City neighborhood and providing high quality housing choices for all area residents, Harmony Neighborhood Development develops for-sale and rental rehabs and builds new construction homes.  One key project was Harmony Oaks Apartments, which includes 460 market-rate, mixed-income apartments.  To help residents build wealth, Harmony catalyzed Market on LaSalle, six moveable micro-retail spaces from which community members can sell their wares.  Opened in July of 2013, vendors pay $35 and, in return, get space for a day and assistance connecting to business Read more about Harmony Neighborhood Development (formerly New Orleans Neighborhood Development Collaborative)...

Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC

http://www.mqvncdc.org

Established in 2006 to help Vietnamese-Americans in New Orleans East rebuild their lives and community after hurricane Katrina, Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC (MQVN) initially played a lead role in providing emergency relief assistance and organizing Vietnamese-American residents to take an active role in rebuilding the New Orleans East area.  Today, MQVN aims to foster quality community development, resiliency and celebration of cultures, and works with a range of partners on a wide array of issues including health care, environmental and agricultural concerns, education, housing, social servic Read more about Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC...

Faubourg St. Roch Project

http://www.spontaneousinterventions.org/project/faubourg-st-roch-project

The Faubourg St. Roch Project is revitalizing the St. Roch neighborhood in New Orleans, incorporating community participation, new building, restoration, and sustainable technology.  Working through partnerships with other non-profit groups, the Project has defined a nine-block segment of St. Roch Ave., which includes 139 house lots, nine commercial lots, a two-square block neighborhood park, and important community sites. Read more about Faubourg St. Roch Project...

Providence Community Housing

http://www.providencecommunityhousing.org

Established by representatives from local faith-based organizations after Hurricane Katrina, Providence Community Housing is the product of these joint resources, providing affordable, mixed-income housing and support services for the local community.  Providence Community Housing's five year goal is to bring home 20,000 victims of Katrina by re-establishing 1,500 affordable apartments for seniors, repairing and rebuilding 1,200 homes for low-income individuals, and developing 2,600 mixed-income apartments, 1,200 affordable homes, and 500 units of supportive housing for special needs popula Read more about Providence Community Housing...

The Unity Council

http://www.unitycouncil.org

The Unity Council (formerly called The Spanish Speaking Unity Council) has worked with the largely Latino community in the Fruitvale District of Oakland for the past four decades. Its programs, which reach over 12,000 people a year, include affordable housing development, small business assistance, job training, childcare, youth services and senior care. It also owns a subsidiary business (Peralta Service Corporation) that employs area residents on work crews for beautification projects.  Read more about The Unity Council...

Southern Mutual Help Association

http://www.southernmutualhelp.org

Founded in 1969 as a community development corporation with the goal of improving the economic welfare of Louisiana cane workers, SMHA has expanded over the years while continuing its original advocacy work. The organization has created both rural housing and community development lending subsidiary organizations and has developed partnerships with national organizations, such as Rural LISC. Read more about Southern Mutual Help Association...

Southeast Neighborhood Development Inc.

http://www.sendcdc.org

The largest of a number of CDCs in Indianapolis, Southeast Neighborhood Development (SEND) has invested more than $35 million in Indianapolis' southeast neighborhood since 1991. This money has enabled the CDC to repair more than 400 homes to prevent their very low-income owners from being forced into homelessness, to renovate 85 vacated homes, to restore 135 affordable apartments for residents ranging from senior citizens to families to artists, to renovate and lease 150,000 square feet of commercial space, to create or improve six parks, to plant hundreds of trees in the neighborhood, and to provide 300 youth with intensive work skills training.

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Southeast Alabama Self-Help Association

Southeast Alabama Self-Help Association (SEASHA), formed in 1967, grew out of the Tuskegee Institute Educational Program, a tutorial program involving hundreds of Tuskegee students. Over the years, it has built or renovated over 300 affordable homes and developed nearly 300 units of affordable rental housing. It also administers a revolving loan fund that has provided $2.7 million in financing to area businesses. Read more about Southeast Alabama Self-Help Association...

Quitman County Development Organization

http://www.qcdo.org

Founded in 1977 by civil rights activists, Quitman County Development Organization has developed affordable housing, owns a community credit union, provides grants to churches for economic development projects, and engages in a variety of childcare social services programs and microenterprise lending. Read more about Quitman County Development Organization...

New Community Corporation

http://www.newcommunity.org

New Community Corporation (NCC) in Newark, New Jersey is a Community Development Corporation with an annual budget of $67 million and employs 600 local residents. The CDC manages 2,000 housing units, has roughly $500 million of assets and owns businesses whose proceeds go toward underwriting such social programs as day care and medical support for seniors. In addition, NCC is involved in health care, education, training, childcare and runs a community newspaper, arts programs and a federally insured credit union. Read more about New Community Corporation...