NHS has been a 501c(3) nonprofit for 30 years, providing comprehensive services for first-time homebuyers and existing homeowners through counseling, classroom training, loan packaging, and construction management services.

The mission of Neighborhood Housing Services is:
To revitalize New Orleans neighborhoods by increasing the number of homeowners and reducing the number of substandard or vacant houses through renovation into sustainable and productive homeownership.  In addition to its citywide efforts, NHS will engage in comprehensive community development within targeted neighborhoods to improve the quality of life and promote commercial redevelopment.

History:
NHS was founded in 1976 as a private, non-profit housing corporation.  It was created in the belief that a partnership between local residents, financial institutions, businesses, and local government working together can stop decline, promote reinvestment, and restore pride and confidence in urban neighborhoods.

NHS employs a holistic approach to revitalization, bringing lenders, government entities, and nonprofit providers together to both reduce the number of substandard and vacant houses in New Orleans and increase home ownership opportunities for families who might not normally qualify through traditional methods.  Although home ownership is the core program through which NHS fulfills its mission, neighborhood stabilization is also carried out with commercial revitalization and by increasing the involvement of residents, businesses, and schools in their community.

In 1992, NHS joined the Neighborworks® Campaign for Homeownership.  NHS is the only organization in New Orleans that provides FullCycle lending, comprehensive programs to assist first-time homebuyers and existing homeowners obtain financing to create sustainable homeownership opportunites city-wide.

Although homeownership services are offered city-wide, the board has also targeted renaissance efforts in four distinctive neighborhoods:  Broadmoor, Milan, Holy Ghost and Freret.  We have developed programs and strategies to meet the unique needs of these neighborhoods.

The mission of our HomeOwnership Center is:

	To provide easy "one-stop" access to a wide array of high quality products and services needed by prospective homebuyers and existing homeowners.
	To create "customers for life" who utilize the center both before and after a sale, and who see the center as a cornerstone of their community.
	To employ a holistic "full-cycle" approach to the development of homebuyers and sustainability of homeowners, resulting in "default-resistant" buyers who become proactive leaders for positive change toward strong and healthy neighborhoods.
	To promote community involvement in and ownership of the center through a network of public and private partners who gain significant social and economic returns from investing in the community through support for the center.
	To strengthen New Orleans' neighborhoods by increasing the number of homeowners and decreasing the number of vacant and/or substandard homes.

As a full service center, NHS is staffed by experienced professionals who understand the unique circumstances of our local housing market, customers, financial institutions, employers, insurers and other partners.